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For any politician spoiling for a fight over Ireland's border, Under the Tree is required viewing
Every so often there’s a news story in which neighbours quarrel over rampaging leylandii. The police are summoned, the case…
Iceland’s national composer returns from oblivion
The lur is a horn, modelled in bronze after a number of 3,000-year-old instruments discovered at various archaeological sites across…
Radio 3 offers a refreshing antidote to the current conversations about Europe
The season of Advent, for most children, means anticipation, gleeful waiting, the counting down of days. But after a certain…
Sebastian Faulks: Seeing the Northern Lights in Iceland was incredible. Eating Puffin wasn’t
I never expected to visit Iceland, let alone play cricket there. But the Iceland national team was off to play…
The femme fatale is as much a male fantasy as the Mona Lisa
In such times as these, enough to try a man’s soul, a dose of John Finnemore is advisable. His brand…
The great soap opera of Norse mythology
Norse myths are having a moment. Or should I say another moment; one of a long chain of moments, in…
If Deutsche Bank goes down without a bailout, I really will eat my hat
‘Can anyone seriously imagine the German state and corporate establishment allowing the bank that bears their country’s name to go…
My hero Nigel Farage told me the secret of Brexit success
I am trying to decide with some friends which is worse, English weather or English football. The former is improving…
How does anyone keep up with all the good stuff out there on TV?
‘We have a problem. Yes. At the wind farm.’ Any conspiracy thriller with lines like that has definitely got my…
Scandi noir reduces you to an exquisitely suicidal state
Some things I have learned about Iceland after watching six episodes of Trapped (BBC4, Saturdays). 1. They seem to feel…
Liars, stalkers and snipers populate in the latest crime novels
We fully expect con artists to be caught in a sting themselves, but even with that thought constantly in mind…
What Brexit would look like for Britain
Life outside the EU would be good for Britain
Euroscepticism is growing all over Europe
Europhiles have warned us for years of the dangers of Britain leaving the EU. But all the while a different…
Paganism is alive and well – but you won’t find it at a Goddess Temple
The rise of modern paganism – and the persistence of the real thing
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said that Britons who went to Syria or Iraq to fight could be stripped…
Radek Sikorski's diary: Show Putin what you think of him – eat a Polish apple
I made a welcome escape from sweltering Warsaw to the cloudy cool of Bodø, halfway up the coast of Norway,…
Why are Scandinavians so happy when they should be so sad?
As I sit here in my Sarah Lund Fair Isle sweater, polishing my boxed sets of Borgen and nibbling on…
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