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Why Putin’s Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin
Russia

Why Putin’s Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin

In Putin’s Russia, Stalin has been given respect, his achievements as a nation-builder outweighing the mass repressions that have sullied his name

The music that kept London going through the blackouts and bombings of the Second World War
Music

The music that kept London going through the blackouts and bombings of the Second World War

Music not only plays a role in keeping spirits up during conflict, it becomes forever linked

The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient
John Bird

The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient

Our class system is unchanged since the Victorian times. That’s why we’re in such a mess

It’s 80 years since VE Day and Europe may be free – but we’re losing a war with poverty
Greg Barradale

It’s 80 years since VE Day and Europe may be free – but we’re losing a war with poverty

100-year-old WW2 heroine Dorothea: ‘As soon as the war finished we were told to go back to the kitchen’
letter to my younger self

100-year-old WW2 heroine Dorothea: ‘As soon as the war finished we were told to go back to the kitchen’

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Inside the Big Issue: VE Day is 80 – but the war on poverty remains
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: VE Day is 80 – but the war on poverty remains

Riefenstahl director Andres Veiel on the lessons we must learn from Hitler’s favourite filmmaker
Film

Riefenstahl director Andres Veiel on the lessons we must learn from Hitler’s favourite filmmaker

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons
Books

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons

Operation Mincemeat stars on British humour, Broadway and why fascism ‘hits differently’ in America
Theatre

Operation Mincemeat stars on British humour, Broadway and why fascism ‘hits differently’ in America

How four women raged a secret propaganda war against the Nazis during World War II
World War II

How four women raged a secret propaganda war against the Nazis during World War II

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: ‘Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity’
Nuclear disarmament

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: ‘Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity’

From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed
Art

From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed

The Brutalist star Joe Alwyn: ‘I didn’t think of Trump as an inspiration for my character, but…’
Film

The Brutalist star Joe Alwyn: ‘I didn’t think of Trump as an inspiration for my character, but…’

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war
Letters

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war

Whether you’re angry at the United States or not, we still owe them a great deal
John Bird

Whether you’re angry at the United States or not, we still owe them a great deal

‘War is madness’: Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz
Exclusive

‘War is madness’: Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz

Our leaders’ self-interest has brought us to the brink of world war
John Bird

Our leaders’ self-interest has brought us to the brink of world war

Masters of the Air author Donald L Miller: Tom Hanks, the bomber boys and me
TV

Masters of the Air author Donald L Miller: Tom Hanks, the bomber boys and me

I came to the UK after fleeing Nazis. Government hostility towards today’s refugees is inexcusable
Lord Dubs

I came to the UK after fleeing Nazis. Government hostility towards today’s refugees is inexcusable

Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War
first person

Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War

A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains
Opinion

A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains

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Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
Books

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland
Books

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
Book reviews

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage
Books

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage