Celine Etheridge
05 February 2025
Brutalism: a dream of form and function
In the 1990s, Britain fell out of love with its concrete masterpieces – but then it all changed
Read the full article08 January 2025
Macron and Le Pen squabble among the ruins of Mayotte
The next battleground for the French president and Rassemblement National’s leader is the cyclone-hit, French-owned archipelago in the Indian Ocean
Read the full article13 November 2024
Civilisation in the sand
A new museum in Giza reminds us of Europe’s deepest origins
Read the full article24 July 2024
Paris in the Olympic spring
The 1924 Olympics featured a future Tarzan, the men who inspired Chariots of Fire and a farewell to the man who created the modern Games.
Read the full article14 February 2024
Curt Bloch: Verses like dynamite
The German Jewish writer defied the Nazis by producing a magazine from his hiding place in Holland. They are testament to his life and times
Read the full article17 January 2024
The death of Lenin
The creator of the first totalitarian state died on January 24, 1924. His body was viewed by the faithful in temperatures of -35C
Read the full article29 November 2023
Volcanoes: Nature’s fire and brimstone
Europeans have a long held fascination with volcanoes. But no one knows when or where the next potentially deadly eruption will occur
Read the full article15 November 2023
Ahmad Hasaballah: Witness to destruction
Images by the photographer in the city of Khan Yunis underline the suffering of ordinary Gazans
Read the full article13 September 2023
SS Normandie: the rise and fall of the jazz age Titanic
Beloved of celebrities, the SS Normandie was the fastest, most beautiful ocean-going liner of them all – yet it was doomed from the start
Read the full article03 May 2023
Moscow’s hidden cathedrals
The city has unveiled the world’s largest underground rail loop, but its celebrated Metro system is not without its sinister side
Read the full article13 April 2023
Harambee: Inside the Black House
Photographer Colin Jones’s controversial series of images captured the grim reality of 1970s London for young black people.
Read the full article30 March 2023
Bohemian rhapsody: Inside the Beat Hotel
At a rundown Paris fleapit in the 1950s and 60s, it didn’t matter if you had no money – you could pay the rent by using art
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