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Dancers perform Rite of Spring. Pina Bausch Foundation

The cross-Africa dance company bringing new life to Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring

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At its premiere in 1913, Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring shocked audiences and divided critics. The ballet centred around a straightforward yet brutal narrative – a community selects a sacrificial victim, a virgin who will be martyred to their fertility god to secure a good harvest. The plot, however, was not what scandalised Parisian theatregoers.

A winter energy crunch in Europe looks a distinct possibility

A winter energy crunch in Europe looks a distinct possibility

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine imposed a sudden energy shock on Europe 18 months ago. Faced with the prospect of much less Russian gas, there were fears that Europe’s energy infrastructure would not cope with winter 2022-23, causing economies to crumble.

Emmanuel Macron has found himself to be an unpopular figure in parts of Africa. Wikimedia Commons

France in Africa: why Macron’s policies increased distrust and anger

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French west Africa has experienced five coups in the past three years. Underpinning most of these coups is hostility towards France, a former colonial authority. Mohamed Bazoum of Niger’s downfall in July 2023 comes after coups in Mali in August 2020, Chad in April 2021, Burkina Faso in September 2022 and Gabon in September 2023.

Slavery ‘regrettable’, says Richard Drax, the biggest landowner in the UK parliament. Graham Hunt/Alamy Live News

Tory MP’s historic family links to slavery raise questions about Britain’s position on reparations

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“Reparations have been paid for other wrongs and obviously far more quickly, far more speedily than reparations for what I consider the greatest atrocity and crime in the history of mankind: transatlantic chattel slavery.” So noted the eminent Jamaican international jurist Judge Patrick Robinson, when launching the 115-page Brattle Report in June 2023.

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Is Rishi Sunak a lame duck? With MPs divided and rebelling, a sense of decline hangs heavy in the air

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The notion of a lame duck leader is most commonly associated with the United States. The term refers to a president who will soon be succeeded in office – a situation that most commonly applies at the end of a second (and final) term, before the president has left office but after their successor as been chosen by the electorate.

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