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The German
problem
Why ancient divisions threaten
the stability of Europe By James Hawes
The new narcissism
Mark Lilla How the modern addiction to
identity politics has fractured the Left
Laurie Penny
Climate change
denial in the age of the mega storm
Helen Lewis
To stop Brexit,
must we forgive
Tony Blair?