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Jupiter in the Élysée: how long can Emmanuel Macron's good luck last?

Before entering politics, he studied Machiavelli and the art of gaining and holding power. But is the young French president a lion or a fox?

By Hugo Drochon
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    "I teach dirty tricks": the explosives expert who shows armies how to deal with terrorists

    Sidney Alford used to blow things up in his garage. Now his expertise is helping save lives.

    By Helen Lewis
    20 August
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    The dustman and the doctor: fairness and the student fees debate

    The idea that education – all education – should be free is intoxicating and liberating. But there's a problem.

    By Mark Damazer
    15 August
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    Why it’s not too late for baby boomers to open up about their postwar memories

    An examination of people’s “unspoken” emotions is missing from recent British history.

    By David Kynaston
    05 August
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    One night on the Costa del Sol: a true crime story of rape, murder and wrongful conviction

    “All I could think of was: why? Why was I here? How had this happened to me, to an innocent person?”

    By Matthew Bremner
    03 August
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    Is Hungary the EU's first rogue state? Viktor Orban and the long march from freedom

    As a student activist, Orban helped free Hungary from communism. As its prime minister, he practises “illiberal democracy” and praises Trump and Putin.

    By Martin Fletcher
    01 August
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    The age of disorder: why technology is the greatest threat to humankind

    Disruptive technologies might change the very nature of humanity – and no nation can fight on its own.

    By Yuval Harari
    25 July
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    The people is sublime: the long history of populism, from Robespierre to Trump

    If liberal democracy is to survive, the tide of populism will have to be turned back. The question is: how?

    By David Marquand
    24 July
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    Jeremy Corbyn, Emmanuel Macron and the age of volatility

    The rise of populism in Britain and France is the result of a restless “crowd electorate”. Both countries' future stability depends on their changing relationship with the EU.

    By Robert Tombs
    16 July
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    Cruel to be kind: the radicalism of Robert Icke

    The Almeida's young associate director has a reputation for criticising the rest of the theatre world. But, he says, he's just trying to strip away the “plastic casing” from classic texts such as Hamlet and 1984.

    By Helen Lewis
    14 July
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    The learning machine: Angela Merkel

    Her mentor Helmut Kohl called her his assassin. She is ruthless with those who betray her. She is also now being described as the leader of the free world. So, who is the German chancellor and what’s next for her?

    By Kristina Spohr
    08 July

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