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What went wrong - Special Issue Why 30 years after the fall of
the Berlin Wall the liberal West is in crisis David Reynolds | lvan Krastev | John Simpson
What the Tories fear - Stephen Bush How Remainers could harm
the Conservatives by voting tactically
John Gray on what
the 1980s mean now
Pippa Bailey on faith and family secrets
Kate Mossman
on child pop stars
Gavin Jacobson on
the resentful right