
Colonial Restitutions: Moral Illusion and Disarmament of Cultural Heritage
France is becoming entangled in a misguided sense of repentance that is detrimental to cultural works and the preservation of heritage.

France is becoming entangled in a misguided sense of repentance that is detrimental to cultural works and the preservation of heritage.

Thinking in terms of functional regions with which no one identifies simply doesn’t work: Europe would do well to give this some thought.

As cities increasingly resemble one another and cultural influences circulate rapidly, local festivities like the Limassol Carnival serve as anchors of continuity and self-understanding.

“Replacing a population is not a solution. It is the admission of a nation’s defeat.”

When something similar was happening in America, people like me behaved like ‘respectable’ Europeans do today: we averted our gaze, shut our mouths, and looked down on white working-class bigotry.

The French president is ready to sacrifice centuries-old artefacts and monuments for the sole purpose of getting himself talked about.