A versatile painter of preternatural talent, Holbein rode his luck to create the most potent images of the reign of Henry VIII.
Holbein, master of images | Michael Prodger
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Historian & journalist exploring geopolitics, empires and the Middle East. Cricket tragic ๐ Commissioning Editor at Engelsberg Ideas | Email: jack@engelsbergideas.com
A versatile painter of preternatural talent, Holbein rode his luck to create the most potent images of the reign of Henry VIII.
Holbein, master of images | Michael Prodger
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A little history of the medieval horse | @nicmorton.bsky.social
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How Milei made austerity popular | Julieta Casas
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Pier Paolo Pasolini's vision of the Eternal City was far from an aesthete's fantasy. His Rome was a real place, at once poetic and squalid, which he captured with a cartographerโs eye.
Pasoliniโs Rome | Ian Thomson
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The tragedy of Zelenskyโs Ukraine | Owen Matthews
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Palestine 36โs distorted history | Christopher Silvester
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Loved writing this. So many characters and legal history to capture.
19.11.2025 10:43 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Russia's insatiable demand for bodies to feed the meatgrinder of its war on Ukraine has a real and tragic human cost for the Global South. Here @munira.bsky.social in @engelsbergideas.bsky.social describes deceit and exploitation in Africa, South Asia and beyond.
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The nature of the Japanese language presents fascinating challenges to the development of artificial intelligence.
Japanโs LLM language barrier | @drchrisharding.bsky.social
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In the northernmost corner of Denmark, the painter Anna Ancher made light her lifelong muse.
Anna Ancherโs language of light | @amwilson.bsky.social
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The German war hero was an aesthete who sought to be heard only by those who might be willing to listen.
The aesthetics of Ernst Jรผnger | Jaspreet Singh Boparai
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The Turkish president's ongoing crackdown against political opponents has left his challengers in disarray, giving him a free hand to continue reshaping the country in his own image.
Erdoganโs new order | Hannah Lucinda Smith
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The philosopher Michael Oakeshott reminds us that historical myth-making is at the heart of politics.
On the uses of a legendary past | Daniel Skeffington
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The long shadow of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials | @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
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The annual conferences held by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reveal a worldview that is dependent on continued confrontation with the West.
Inside the mind of Iranโs Revolutionary Guard | Kasra Aarabi & Saeid Golkar
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I am delighted to announce that my chapter on espionage in Central Asia and the Great Game has been published as part of this wonderful collection, โSpies in Historyโ.
It will be up on @engelsbergideas.bsky.social soon. A big thank you to @paullay.bsky.social and Lars Molin for the opportunity.
I am delighted to announce that my chapter on espionage in Central Asia and the Great Game has been published as part of this wonderful collection, โSpies in Historyโ.
It will be up on @engelsbergideas.bsky.social soon. A big thank you to @paullay.bsky.social and Lars Molin for the opportunity.
The trafficking networks sustaining Russiaโs war of attrition | Munira Mustaffa
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The philosopher sought freedom from the bewitchment of language.
Wittgensteinโs great silence | Bryan Appleyard
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The craft of John le Carrรฉ | Malcolm Forbes
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The traffic lights of today have come a long way from the mechanical, gas-powered device first unveiled in London almost 160 years ago. But will they survive in a world of driverless cars?
How the traffic light changed the world | Keith Lowe
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With the entry of Timor-Leste, ASEAN has gained a tiny new democracy to join its diverse grouping of one-party states, absolute monarchies and military juntas.
Why Timor-Leste joined ASEAN | Imran Shamsunahar
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The Locarno Pactโs enduring legacy | Patrick O. Cohrs
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As 'Islam' rose from a personal act of submission to an ideology, it eclipsed the very divinity it sought to serve.
Modern Islamโs loss of theology | Fitzroy Morrissey
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I've written a piece for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social on the sources of grand strategic ideas. Best enjoyed over the weekend with a brew โ
Thanks to @jackfdickens.bsky.social, @paullay.bsky.social, and the EI team for publishing.
The key to grand strategy | @wdjames.bsky.social
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The eye did not always have primacy over the ear. Humanity once valued spiritual hearing over spiritual seeing.
Musica universalis | @derekturner.bsky.social
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I think Iโve been meaning to write this piece since about 2017 or 2018.
Glad to have finally done so!
Joseph Wrightโs age of enlightenment | @paullay.bsky.social
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A brilliant essay by Duncan Weldon - why economic Goliaths donโt always win trade wars against their smaller adversaries:
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