Great ideas are shaped by diverse viewpoints. The Perspective is a space for writers to present original arguments, challenge conventional wisdom, and offer fresh ways of thinking about the issues that matter.
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In 1897, British soldiers marched into Benin City, in what is now southern Nigeria, and burned it to the ground. Before they did, they looted thousands of bronze sculptures so detailed that European experts refused to believe Africans had made them. Two centuries earlier, Dutch visitors had compared the city’
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Europe is already heading towards its hottest summer on record, and it's only July. Heatwaves have become more frequent, intense and prolonged across the continent. As the temperature in Saarbrücken reached 41 degrees celsius, the number of deaths in the water have risen dramatically. At home, Britain faced