Design / Architecture
Home front
The functional concrete bungalows hastily built after the Second World War to house the US troops are becoming a popular option for young Japanese looking for more living space.
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Culture / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Thursday 20 December
London’s explosive history
I have become fixated with a map. It’s an interactive map of London that shows where the German Luftwaffe dropped bombs on the city between 7 October 1940 and 6 June 1941. It’s a period that includes 57 nights of consecu…
Edits / Sport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 28 August
A Paralympics of personality
During the Second World War, my aunt was in the Waaf: the Women’s Auxillary Air Force.
Edits / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 26 August
Remembering the past requires respect
Scattered around the cities, towns, villages and hamlets of Great Britain and most of Europe, sit memorials to those who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
The Globalist, episode 160
We speak to Lazare Eloundou of Unesco’s World Heritage Centre about preserving history during war and Steve Bloomfield discusses defence in a special second hour.
Midori House, episode 118
What’s fuelling tensions between Sudan and South Sudan, and a discussion on whether Germans can now ask their grandparents about the Second World War.
Affairs / Politics
Asia Briefing
The image-savvy Dalai Lama is this month's style Leader, and we report on Russia's celebration of its Second World War victory over Japan.
Midori House, episode 378
Chatham House’s Jane Kinninmont sets today’s agenda, we also discuss if Venezuela will see real change when people head to the polls on Sunday, and speak to author Benn Steil about behind-the-scenes meetings during the…
Design / Architecture
Home front
The functional concrete bungalows hastily built after the Second World War to house the US troops are becoming a popular option for young Japanese looking for more living space.
Culture / Media
Culture briefing
This is the Second World War you never hear about – an ordinary German civilian’s version. Living in liberal Hamburg, Wölff-Monckeberg was neither Nazi or dissident. The touching everyday account of how Hitler’s Third Reich…
Business / Business Hubs
Trade secret
George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, was a colonial trading hub but after the Second World War it lost out to Hong Kong and Singapore. Now its faded Art Deco villas and relaxed pace of life are luring a new…
Edits / Aviation
Fight or flight
The future of Berlin’s Tempelhof airport is up in the air. Due for closure next year, campaigners are mounting one final bid to rescue this hugely symbolic airport that played starring roles in the Second World War and the…
Affairs / Politics
Accidental empire
Not since the Second World War have the islands of the Pacific been so hotly fought over. This time, however, the battle lines are diplomatic. China, the US and Taiwan are all pitching in but it is Australia that is running…
Business / Architecture
Track record
On 14 November the first Eurostar train should pull out from the new €1.15bn St Pancras International station headed for Paris. The station has come a long way since the 19th century when it was opened to receive ale del…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 26 May
Mladic trial will shame the west
Politicians are not known for their powers of self-reflection, but there should be a lot of uncomfortable glances in the mirror this morning in western capitals as General Mladic makes his way through the Serbian justice…
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 28 March
Don't mention the Swedes
A Finnish documentary series has drawn some uncomfortable and controversial conclusions regarding Finland's national identity.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Sunday 25 December
Five films to watch this Christmas
Our selection of must-watch films include two all-time classics, new DVD releases and the latest epic with Christian Bale.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 17 April
Burying the truth
On the day that the UK lays to rest one of its most divisive leaders – Margaret Thatcher – there's a sense that the bombast surrounding the funeral is distinctly un-British.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 6 May
A ticking time bomb
The atrocities in Syria might soon provoke the US into supplying arms to its rebel fighters but the same tactic in 1980s Afghanistan meant arms recipients soon turned against the hand that feeds.