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Herbarium
Rosa Luxemburg’s Herbarium Claudia Horn (OR Books, 2026) Rosa Luxemburg was a theorist, politician and revolutionary murdered in Berlin on 15 January 1919, together with her compatriot Karl Liebknecht. She wrote about big words: Kapital, Krise, Sozialdemokratie, Revolution. Years ago, this impatient reader ran aground on her dense essays. But the universe of Rosa Luxemburg has now…
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Project a black planet: the art and culture of pan-Africa
Enigmatic, mischievous, troubling, her work comprises rich, densely scrabbled Old Master-like oil portraits of a single figure, or a small group. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, born in London in 1977, is one of the best British artists alive today.
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The man who told you so
As his book of collected journalism shows, Polish journalist, defense minister and foreign minister Radosław Sikorski saw it all coming.
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BELIEVE IT!
Lee Miller brought surrealism to her war photography. She was humorous, generous and great fun. But « the stench of Dachau » never left her.
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The geography of safetyThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Yugoslavia was Europe’s last open door for Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler. It was nobody’s dream.
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Tits out for the motherland!This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Are French sex workers wittier? The prostitute as a marker of national sexual character.
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Who’s your neighbor now?
A Peruvian farmer sued German energy company RWE claiming damages for flood risk to his home in the Andes.
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Exiled in TorontoThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Yugoslav writer Daša Drndić refused to be a « good refugee ».
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Book | The ultimate process manager
On paper, a NATO Secretary General leads the most powerful military alliance in history. In reality, he’s the errand boy of the US President. Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte seems to revel in his role.
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The third-generation gapThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Is international law dead, and if so, who killed it? Thomas Mann’s « Buddenbrooks » offers some insight.
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Crafting a human text is like wrestling a wild animal
On Cécile Wajsbrot’s « Nevermore », Eva Meijer’s « Een woord voor », and the constant self-flagellation that comes with putting words to paper.
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The dog who bit everyoneThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
Fifty-one years after his death, Pasolini’s vision of capitalism is even more urgent. A new play examines his unfinished masterpiece.
