Against the Grain by James C Scott review – the beginning of elites, tax, slavery
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Steven Mithen
Why did we start farming?
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Parliament says Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova could be considered for EU membership
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How colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war
The long read: There is a notion that the Great War was a shocking rupture in civilisation that tore a peaceful world apart. But for millions who had long been…
Catalonia, Lombardy, Scotland … why the fight for self-determination now?
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