Suna Erdem
01 November 2022
Caroline Lucas: ‘We’re staring climate catastrophe in the face and Sunak is looking the other way’
The Green Party MP hits out as the PM dithers over whether to attend COP27, and points to real environmental leadership elsewhere
Read the full article22 October 2022
The race to replace Liz Truss is the stuff of nightmares
The ghouls are circling for Halloween – but nobody wants this Tory leadership horror show
Read the full article20 October 2022
Italian right fights like rats in a sack on the brink of power
The political chaos at home in Britain is almost matched by that in Italy
Read the full article14 October 2022
Clyde has gone – now, will Bonnie follow?
Arrogant Kwasi Kwarteng deserved the sack, but so does his partner-in-crime Liz Truss
Read the full article14 October 2022
A nation of turkeys voting for Turkey
A TNE writer hoped the country she was born in would become more like Britain… but it’s Britain that has changed instead
Read the full article13 October 2022
Classical music is for life, not just funerals
The Queen's death may have silenced live music, but a new monarch gives hope of a bigger public platform
Read the full article27 September 2022
Twitchers reach for the pitchforks after the Truss government’s #AttackOnNature
Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget has environmentalists seeing red as the Truss government alienates yet another sector
Read the full article26 September 2022
Giorgia Meloni has won. What will she do in office?
Italy’s new prime minister may turn to the centre right for support in a war against ‘woke culture’
Read the full article22 September 2022
The trouble with “red lines”
Politicians love them, but they don’t work and unless you’re a tyrant, they’re unenforceable
Read the full article21 September 2022
Yes, a third of UK exporters to the EU really have given up over Brexit
Red tape continues to frustrate small businesses as the hunt for the sunlit uplands goes on
Read the full article20 September 2022
How far will Giorgia Meloni go?
Everyone expects far rightist Giorgia Meloni to be Italy’s next PM. What happens next is uncertain
Read the full article12 September 2022
Sweden’s far right earthquake
Populists have struck at the heart of European social democracy
Read the full article10 September 2022
Decoding the international tributes to the Queen
Amid the respect, there was some sorrow for what has been lost - not just the ruler, but her country
Read the full article07 September 2022
Is there any escape?
After Brexit killed freedom of movement, how easy is it to live in the EU for Brits in despair?
Read the full article31 August 2022
Slasher Truss scares the Greens with her climate illiteracy
As she adds more fossil fuel drilling to her portfolio of environmental insults, Liz Truss, PM, is shaping up as a threat for a world facing climate disaster
Read the full article27 August 2022
Rediscovering old secrets of life under the sun
At the end of another summer of heatwaves in Europe, could the Islamic architecture of Spain help in the ongoing battle against climate change?
Read the full article25 August 2022
Where are the female conductors?
A film about the female conductor of a major German orchestra is set to light up the awards season this year. Unfortunately, it's fiction
Read the full article11 August 2022
The cold war’s keyboard warriors
What happened when pianists from Ukraine and Russia met at a competition set up by a Texan who wowed Moscow at the height of the cold war?
Read the full article04 August 2022
Turkey’s age of oppression
President Erdoğan’s draconian punishments and indiscriminate subjugation of creativity have caused outrage and anger across the country
Read the full article26 July 2022
Is it wrong to feel nostalgic about the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony?
Its promise of a new patriotism was dashed by Brexit, but some say it was built on a mirage all along
Read the full article22 July 2022
The future is now: driving the car-free city revolution
Transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have increased in the past three decades. Now a backlash is growing, with forward-thinking mayors spearheading new visions of urban centres
Read the full article20 July 2022
Italy’s Super Mario falls on his sword
Italy’s unusually stable government under the experienced Mario Draghi is poised to collapse and take the country back to the days of ineffective alliances and controversial populists
Read the full article19 July 2022
Italy’s Super Mario has 24 hours to save the government
Italy’s unusually stable government under the experienced Mario Draghi teeters on the brink of collapse as it faces a confidence vote that could take the country back to the days of ineffective alliances and controversial populists
Read the full article14 July 2022
What the next prime minister really thinks of Brexit
As the Conservative leadership race narrows down to the final five, we look for clues to how the next prime minister might approach Brexit
Read the full article07 July 2022
Srebrenica: Europe’s enduring shame
One of the darkest moments in the continent’s history took place less than 30 years ago. Could history be repeated in Ukraine?
Read the full article07 July 2022
Opera isn’t only for a select few. It’s time to be rid of the modern anxiety that tells us it is
If Angela Rayner’s trip to the lawns of Glyndebourne put a different social spin to opera, music bosses will surely be buying her champagne
Read the full article23 June 2022
Instrument hoarders should get off the stage
Musical instruments are becoming investment vehicles and collectables for hedge funds, keeping them beyond the reach of those who want to play them
Read the full article21 June 2022
The Brexit effect Leavers didn’t expect: A rise in immigration
By ending the free movement of people between the UK and Europe, Britain has unexpectedly created a record flow of migrant workers from lower-income countries
Read the full article16 June 2022
Giorgia Meloni: From Duce to Duchess
Ex-bartender Giorgia Meloni has taken a party with historic links to Mussolini to the top of Italy’s opinion polls
Read the full article16 June 2022
How to get rid of lousy leaders… a practical guide
Dislodging leaders who have lost the confidence of the electorate is never easy.. but it is possible. Here’s how it’s been done in major European nations in recent history
Read the full article09 June 2022
How Europe let itself go … and the dire consequences for future generations
Just 40% of adults in Europe are a healthy weight. Obesity will cause catastrophic health issues for future generations – not to mention the financial cost
Read the full article02 June 2022
The farmer suing a German energy giant for melting a glacier on the other side of the world
In a climate change landmark case, a quiet Peruvian mountain guide and farmer is taking on a German company over its role in melting the Palcaraju glacier
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