Timothy Garton Ash
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Historian, author, commentator. Author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, The File etc. See www.timothygartonash.com

Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. In 1989, George Kennan described him as a 'historian of the present'. .. more

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Where is Europe in this Year 4 of a new historical era? Will liberal or anti-liberal Europe prevail? What will become of the Zeitenwende? We have until 2029 to shape the answers. My weekend essay for the @FT
@ftweekend (£, I'm afraid)
The fight for Europe’s future
Timothy Garton Ash on the shocks that fuelled a populist challenge — and how the liberal centre could yet hold
www.ft.com

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Much enjoyed this conversation with @catherinedevries.bsky.social
( I’m slightly reminded of Leszek Kołakowski’s gloriously self-ironical title ‚’My Correct Views on Everything’…)
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New Etched in Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Timothy Garton Ash has for decades chronicled Europe’s upheavals with a historian’s depth & a journalist’s eye.

In my conversation with Garton Ash, one theme stood out: writing as a defense of democracy.

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Etched in Marble: Timothy Garton Ash on Writing, Freedom, and the Lost Art of Disagreement
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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New Etched in Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Timothy Garton Ash has for decades chronicled Europe’s upheavals with a historian’s depth & a journalist’s eye.

In my conversation with Garton Ash, one theme stood out: writing as a defense of democracy.

🧵
Etched in Marble: Timothy Garton Ash on Writing, Freedom, and the Lost Art of Disagreement
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

Reposted by Timothy G. Ash

Reposted by Timothy G. Ash

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Important good news from #moldova ….in the long run, Putin is losing…
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Pro-EU party in Moldova takes lead in election mired in claims of interference
The vote is seen as critical for Moldova's future EU path, and President Maia Sandu has warned of Russian interference.
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And to a great moderator!

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Only 31.5 % of Poles say they trust the Catholic Church, down from 58% nine years ago.

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The light is getting in…still time to join me to talk about Europe at 12 noon today @howthelightgetsin.bsky.social Kenwood House… The Ring

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"I never imagined I would see fear spread so far and fast in the US."

This from the writer who gave us definitive accounts of East Germany and other late state socialist societies in the 1980s.