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For a leader who has always been essentially cautious, Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine seemed an uncharacteristically wild gamble. But Putin hasn’t really changed at all, says Mark Galeotti: he has simply become more himself

Have long wanted a chance to celebrate the Sex Pistols. Whatever you may make of Mr Rotten’s question to his last audience in America, “Ever got the feeling you’ve been had?”, the Pistols were great f

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the