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Laura Freeman on Helen Sutherland, brave cultivator of the beautiful
Laura Freeman profiles Helen Sutherland, an isolated, austere, and fastidious heiress who dedicated herself to art. Read by Sebastian Brown.
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1 year, 11 months ago
Josef Joffe on Germany, the engine that couldn't
Celebrated as predestined shepherd in the glory days of Angela Merkel, Germany in the 2020s is an uncertain giant who has defied expectations, good o…
1 year, 11 months ago
Women of the ancient world with Daisy Dunn
The leading classicist Daisy Dunn joins EI's Paul Lay to discuss her new book, The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the Wom…
1 year, 11 months ago
Maurizio Viroli on how we can learn from history
We cannot afford not to rediscover the fine art, nowadays almost forgotten, of learning from history. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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1 year, 11 months ago
James Barr on George McGhee, American father to Britain’s Suez Crisis
James Barr profiles the debonair and open-faced diplomat, George McGhee, whose shuttle diplomacy helped accelerate Britain's decline as a player in …
1 year, 11 months ago
Philip Bobbitt on the decay and renewal of the US constitutional order
A new constitutional order is coming. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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2 years ago
The history of democracy with Erica Benner
Erica Benner applies ancient wisdom to modern problems in her new book Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power. She shares her …
2 years ago
Lars Trägårdh on the origins of Swedish democracy
‘Democracy’ is in Sweden built on a basis fundamentally different from the one associated with the development of liberal democracy in the West. Read…
2 years ago
Dominic Sandbrook on Jesse Ventura, the wrestling governor who blazed a trail for Trump
Dominic Sandbrook profiles Jesse Ventura, the former Navy SEAL and WWE champion who won Minnesota’s governorship in 1999 on an anti-elite ticket. Hi…
2 years ago
Josef Joffe on the future of the European Union
What is the future of the European Union? The EU is sui generis. It certainly cannot be a nation state. Nor is it destined to turn into a Staatsnatio…
2 years ago