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The French emperor has long exerted a magnetic pull over artists. What is it that tempts so many to risk a creative Waterloo?
Even amid catastrophe, projects such as the Hand in Hand schools continue to work for mutual understanding
Daniel Radcliffe gives a great performance in this revival of Maria Friedman’s production at the Hudson Theatre
In the face of lethal peril, help for Jews has always been conditional
Donald Trump likes to dismiss rivals as ‘Republican In Name Only’. But, argues Simon Schama, it is the former president’s own MAGA movement that most deserves the label
The historian and star speaker at the FTWeekend Festival guest edits today’s FT Edit
The historian examines how medical knowledge and political force intersect to fight epidemic disease
From India to Britain, we have always managed to get in the way of our own inventiveness
After the ceremony, much will depend on what the King can do to restore a sense of shared national community
The pillars of American democracy, not just the viability of the ex-president’s campaign, are in the dock
‘Simon Schama’s History of Now’ continues a tradition that is fast fading amid highly polished but predictable programming
From Václav Havel to Ai Weiwei, writers and artists have led the way in the fight for human rights
The pieties of pundits bit the dust as voters went to the polls in support of abortion rights and electoral realities
The UK’s longest-serving monarch was so much more than a head of state — she was quintessential Britain
Following the savage attack on the author, Simon Schama argues that disrespect is essential for democracy and that his friend’s fight for free expression is for us all
This weekend, we're marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a spirited discussion …
As Putin appeals to the distant past to justify his invasion of Ukraine, militant nostalgia is on the march around the world
The hardware of the Russian invasion may well be operational but the software of its narrative has seized up
Be it New York subway trains, a Frankfurt bakery or a Tokyo karaoke joint, these are the spots that never fail to uplift the FT’s globetrotters
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The battles over the country’s founding myths did not begin with ‘woke’ activists, but have been there from the start
Ruth Scurr’s glorious biography gives the French emperor an unusually fresh look — revealing the conquest-junkie to be a keen botanist
Duke of Edinburgh’s complementary role helped the British monarchy survive
Simon Schama and Bonnie Greer on the British monarchy and its future
US Capitol mayhem was the culmination of years of winking at violence
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