Herodotus was the least stupid tourist in history
Also this week: Confusion on Greek taxi boats and envying the “soixante-huitards”.
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The volcanic earth of Santorini produces wine like no other
A profusion of minerals makes for an electrically dry profile.
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Rishi Sunak’s political strategy gets weirder
Why has the Prime Minister cancelled a meeting with his Greek counterpart over the Parthenon marbles?
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Why the British Museum should return the Elgin Marbles
Also this week: a night with U2 in Sin City and the courage of Salman Rushdie.
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Yanis Varoufakis: The Democrats are helping to elect Trump
The former Greek finance minister on his new book Technofeudalism and why the left keeps losing.
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Syriza and the death of Eurocommunism
Stefanos Kasselakis’s takeover of the Greek left-wing party marks a traumatic break from their political traditions.
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The new face of the Greek left
Stefanos Kasselakis, a former Goldman Sachs associate, has won Syriza’s leadership race.
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Putin’s secret navy
A small group of Western businesses holds back EU sanctions, and keeps money flowing into Russia’s war machine.
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Why the EU has out-Trumped Trump
Europe has proved far more adept at building walls than the former US president was.
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Greece is becoming an illiberal democracy
The government’s sinister framing of an attack on me is part of a climate of creeping authoritarianism.
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Stop dithering, British Museum – give the Elgin Marbles back
Why trustees need to act now. Plus: political interventions at the ENO, the National Gallery and the Tate.
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Could a new debt crisis split the eurozone?
Fears that Italy will struggle to repay lenders are troubling central bankers, caught between prudent countries and big spenders.
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How the Greek revolution made the modern world
The 1821 uprising against the Ottomans won staunch support from Europe’s liberals. The precedent it set for intervention still echoes…
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Where do the Elgin marbles belong: Britain or Greece?
The Greek prime minister says the Elgin marbles “were stolen”. The British Museum remains defiant.
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France and Germany expected to lead rescue of debt-stricken Greece.
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