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A new biography of the formative years of the Victorian poet illuminates an unparalleled historical moment of vulnerability and wonder.

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 2d

I had the great pleasure of reviewing Richard Holmes' superb new biography of the young Tennyson for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social tracing the impact of contemporary scientific developments on his work - and on his already troubled pyschology. engelsbergideas.com/reviews/tenn...

Tennyson was young once

With the US seemingly resigned from the peace process, the war will end when Ukraine's infrastructure is destroyed – or Russia runs out of money.

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 2d

With the US seemingly resigned from the peace process, the war will end when Ukraine's infrastructure is destroyed – or Russia runs out of money.

Will Russia crack? | Owen Matthews

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Will Russia crack?

A new biography of the formative years of the Victorian poet illuminates an unparalleled historical moment of vulnerability and wonder.

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 2d

A new biography of the formative years of the Victorian poet illuminates an unparalleled historical moment of vulnerability and wonder.

Tennyson was young once | @mathewlyons.bsky.social

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Tennyson was young once

All Werner Herzog's works are mysterious; they never quite resolve into a simple idea or conclusion. His latest book explains why.

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 5d

Werner Herzog’s truth | Bryan Appleyard

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Werner Herzog's truth

Why politicians need to show, not tell

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 6d

The West's political institutions should strive to do less, but better.

Why politicians need to show, not tell | Eliot Wilson

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The West's political institutions should strive to do less, but better.

Viktor Orbán’s geopolitical hedging

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 7d

The Hungarian leader's balancing act between western powers and a revisionist bloc is unsustainable in an era of great-power competition.

Viktor Orbán’s geopolitical hedging | @elviratamus.bsky.social

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The Hungarian leader's balancing act between western powers and a revisionist bloc is unsustainable in an era of great-power competition.

The fight for the Arctic's future

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 7d

The melting of polar sea-ice is opening up a new and uncertain sphere for geopolitical competition.

The fight for the Arctic’s future | @edentravels.bsky.social

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The melting of polar sea-ice is opening up a new and uncertain sphere for geopolitical competition.

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Jack Dickens @jackfdickens.bsky.social · 7d

In an explosive White Paper, issued in May 1939, the British government made an extraordinary offer to the Palestinian Arab leadership: Britain would recognise an independent, Arab-majority Palestinian state within 10 years.

What happened next? Find out in my latest piece for EI:

Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 8d

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Creating a quagmire in Palestine | @jackfdickens.bsky.social

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Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Indonesia's new economics

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 9d

Indonesia’s departure from its traditional adherence to fiscal orthodoxy is fuelling economic and political anxiety.

Indonesia’s new economics | Imran Shamsunahar

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Indonesia’s departure from its traditional adherence to fiscal orthodoxy is fuelling economic and political anxiety.

Luchino Visconti's civilisation

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 9d

The films of the great Italian director Luchino Visconti are meditations on how the present still bears the marks of things thought lost.

Luchino Visconti’s civilisation | @chountisdefabbri.bsky.social

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The films of the great Italian director Luchino Visconti are meditations on how the present still bears the marks of things thought lost.

The Assassins' and Templars' shared fate

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 8d

Against a backdrop of shifting empires and fragile alliances, two brotherhoods carved out reputations steeped in violence and myth.

The Assassins’ and Templars’ shared fate | Nicholas Morton

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Among the shifting empires and fragile alliances, two unlikely brotherhoods — the Assassins and the Knights Templar — carved out reputations steeped in violence and myth.

The Assassins' and Templars' shared fate

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 8d

My new review is just out for Engelsberg Ideas on Steve Tibble's Assassins and Templars!

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Among the shifting empires and fragile alliances, two unlikely brotherhoods — the Assassins and the Knights Templar — carved out reputations steeped in violence and myth.

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Jack Dickens @jackfdickens.bsky.social · 7d

In an explosive White Paper, issued in May 1939, the British government made an extraordinary offer to the Palestinian Arab leadership: Britain would recognise an independent, Arab-majority Palestinian state within 10 years.

What happened next? Find out in my latest piece for EI:

Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 8d

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Creating a quagmire in Palestine | @jackfdickens.bsky.social

engelsbergideas.com/notebook/cre...

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Jack Dickens @jackfdickens.bsky.social · 8d

“So long as the most militant wing of Hamas holds the upper hand and continues to call the shots, Trump’s 20-point peace plan may well go the way of the 1939 White Paper.”

Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 8d

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Creating a quagmire in Palestine | @jackfdickens.bsky.social

engelsbergideas.com/notebook/cre...

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

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Jack Dickens @jackfdickens.bsky.social · 8d

My latest for EI on Britain, Palestine and turning points that fail to turn:

Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 8d

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Creating a quagmire in Palestine | @jackfdickens.bsky.social

engelsbergideas.com/notebook/cre...

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Jack Dickens @jackfdickens.bsky.social · 8d

My latest for EI on Britain, Palestine and turning points that fail to turn:

Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 8d

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Creating a quagmire in Palestine | @jackfdickens.bsky.social

engelsbergideas.com/notebook/cre...

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 8d

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

Creating a quagmire in Palestine | @jackfdickens.bsky.social

engelsbergideas.com/notebook/cre...

Britain’s 1939 White Paper on Palestine, regarded as both an opportunity and a betrayal, was a point at which history failed to turn.

A scandal that took place in Königsberg in the 1830s tells a grander story of Europe and religion, and the battle between reason and imagination.

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 16d

A scandal that took place in the East Prussian city during the 1830s tells a grand story of Europe, religion, and the battle between reason and imagination.

Trouble in Königsberg | Peter Hoskin

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Trouble in Königsberg

How seapower shaped the Hundred Years War

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 14d

How seapower shaped the Hundred Years War | Jonathan Sumption

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During 14th and 15th centuries, seapower played a crucial role in the fortunes of English and French kings. The painful lessons of England's ultimate defeat would shape English, and later British, nav...

Corruption and instability in the Balkans are chipping away at Bosnia's fragile political settlement.

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 14d

Corruption and instability in the Balkans are chipping away at Bosnia's fragile political settlement.

Sarajevo’s fragile peace | Saffron Swire

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Sarajevo's fragile peace

The controversial Anna Netrebko has staged a breathtaking comeback. Each note of her ‘Vissi d’arte’ pulsates with emotion.

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 14d

The controversial Anna Netrebko has staged a breathtaking comeback. Each note of her ‘Vissi d’arte’ pulsates with emotion.

An unflinching Tosca | Alexandra Wilson

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An unflinching Tosca

Blitz, the victory of style over substance

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 13d

The Blitz club’s influence on eighties fashion proved to be far greater than its influence on music.

Blitz, the victory of style over substance | @paullay.bsky.social

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The Blitz club’s influence on eighties fashion proved to be far greater than its influence on music.

The Ottomans, from dawn to decadence

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 21d

Just published by Engelsberg Ideas

My review of:

"Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age"

Author: Si Sheppard

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The Ottomans' lightning conquests reshaped the geopolitical landscape of Europe and the Middle East, before the expense of governing a vast territorial empire began to take its toll.

The controversial Anna Netrebko has staged a breathtaking comeback. Each note of her ‘Vissi d’arte’ pulsates with emotion.

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Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social · 14d

I went to the new Tosca at Covent Garden and this is what I thought.

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An unflinching Tosca