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Europe’s civil war. As the eastern states fall to strongmen, can the EU’s liberal order survive? By Timothy Less

The lrish question

Matthew Engel How the legacy of empire is destroying the dreams of the Brexiteers

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Drinking whisky on the front line against Isis in Syria

Paul Mason meets Michael Moore

Helen Lewis on the gender wars