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Tony Barber @TonyBarber8

Author of Everyday Problems of Marriage: Part One

Joined February 2013
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My obituary of Pope #Francis, 1936-2025 #pope ft.com/content/424ee29b-4715… via @ft

Pope Francis, reformer of modern Catholicism, 1936-2025

The first non-European pontiff in centuries pioneered change but was not the radical liberal of conservative imaginings

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#Europe and its future in historical context via @FT on.ft.com/3QSPVos

Europe’s future in historical context

Knowledge of the past is essential but comparisons between the leaders and events of different eras have their limits

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My obituary of Oleg #Gordievsky, KGB spy turned British agent, 1938-2025 - ft.com/content/e544a191-b2a5… via @ft

Oleg Gordievsky, KGB spy turned British agent, 1938-2025

His escape from Moscow as the net closed on him was a memorable episode of cold war espionage

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#Putin’s imperial mission destroys freedom in #Russia - ft.com/content/4e6c017a-8059… via @ft

Putin’s imperial mission destroys freedom in Russia

Victory in the Ukraine war would serve as the perfect justification for autocracy at home

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European strongmen under siege #Serbia #Slovakia #Hungary #Georgia - ft.com/content/b35197d9-b9e6… via @ft

European strongmen under siege

Protests in Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary and Georgia show that the thirst for civic and national dignity is unquenchable

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Should #Europe draw closer to #China? #EU - ft.com/content/d7d1e130-84b2… via @ft

Should Europe draw closer to China?

Geopolitical and economic disputes mean Beijing is no natural replacement for the US despite the crisis in transatlantic ties

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Western unity is still on display in #Bosnia — but for how long? #Balkans #MarcoRubio - ft.com/content/a2966bc5-fc46… via @ft

Western unity is still on display in Bosnia — but for how long?

There is a risk that the Balkans will turn into a European security problem once again

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Das politische Zentrum in #Deutschland bröckelt - kostenlos zu lesen - ft.com/content/68d9b542-500c… via @ft

Das politische Zentrum in Deutschland bröckelt

Friedrich Merz wird versuchen, mit einer moderaten Koalition zu regieren, während der Rückhalt für extremistische politische Kräfte zunimmt

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The political centre cracks in #Germany - ft.com/content/67b539eb-005b… via @ft

The political centre cracks in Germany

Friedrich Merz will try to govern with a moderate coalition at a time of rising support for extremist political forces

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#Deutschlands Entscheidungswahl - ft.com/content/0c71c8fe-f100… via @ft

Deutschlands Entscheidungswahl

Nationale und internationale Spannungen sowie wirtschaftliche Stagnation überschatten die Bundestagswahl am Sonntag

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#Germany’s watershed election #Bundestagswahl2025 - ft.com/content/e5c03c4c-c094… via @ft

Germany’s watershed election

Domestic and international tensions as well as economic stagnation hang over Sunday’s Bundestag vote

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#Germany chance for a revival #Bundestagswahl2025 - =ft.com/content/2c629a9f-8f29… via @ft ~
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Summer of Fire and Blood — the ‘giant trauma’ at the centre of the Reformation - my review of Lyndal Roper's impressive book @BasicBooks - ft.com/content/718319b7-b051… via @ft

Summer of Fire and Blood — the ‘giant trauma’ at the centre of the Reformation

Lyndal Roper’s account of the German Peasants’ War is all the clearer for shedding the ideological bias of many previous studies

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Europe’s wake-up call #EU #Munich - via @FT on.ft.com/3EDTufr

Europe’s wake-up call

Internal disagreements are just as serious a problem as external pressure from the US and Russia

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Mainstream conservatives flirt with the far right in #Europe - via @FT on.ft.com/3CTF5ep

Flirting with the far right

Conservatives in Europe are increasingly entwined with more extreme forces but circumstances differ nation by nation

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Europe’s illiberal strongmen sit on volcanoes of public discontent #Serbia - ft.com/content/c1945e82-4ec0… via @ft

Europe’s illiberal strongmen sit on volcanoes of public discontent

Mass protests in Serbia illustrate that democracy and clean government are precious ideals in bullied societies

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#Ukraine peace hopes rest on fragile foundations via @FT on.ft.com/3EjYl5b

Ukraine peace hopes rest on fragile foundations

A gulf still separates Russia’s war aims from any deal acceptable to Kyiv and its western supporters

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" Bon," (s’interroge Google) "alors golfe d'Amérique ou golfe du Mexique ? » Le changement de nom annoncé par Trump s'inscrit dans une longue tradition de mobilisation de la cartographie au service du pouvoir, rappelle @TonyBarber8. ft.com/content/68d3ba97-18d2… via @ft

Maps distort reality while revealing the eternal truth about politics

Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico is part of a long tradition of deploying cartography in the service of power

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#Maps distort reality while revealing the eternal truth about politics #Mexico #Greenland - via @FT on.ft.com/3Cymjcs

Maps distort reality while revealing the eternal truth about politics

Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico is part of a long tradition of deploying cartography in the service of power

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Mistrust, grumpiness and political deadlock in #France - ft.com/content/0a87bcb2-6f65… via @ft

Mistrust, grumpiness and political deadlock in France

Long-term changes in social attitudes combine with the decline of mainstream parties to open a door for the far right

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