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The unexpected exotic. Eleven times in Iceland, where silence becomes a wonder

Here, unspoilt nature coexists with civilisation, and it is impossible to remain ugly and ignorant. Miracles of an island that has remained untamed (or wild?) and the ramblings of a fanatical island-lover. Europe or no Europe, the important thing is that Iceland remains unchanged in its fundamental essence and that all humans remain concentrated in Reykjavík

Claudio Giunta

14 SEP 26

In the referendum on reopening negotiations with the EU, the ‘no’ vote won (by a narrow margin). EU membership has been postponed for at least a couple of generations (Getty)

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Monsieur Cartoon. Asterix & Obelix, the Wild West and the schoolboy who looks just like Sarkozy

René Goscinny used comics to play with history and bring joy to the French people. This year marks the centenary of his birth. As a boy, he realised he wanted to be a scriptwriter when he heard it described as a job ‘that any old fool could do’. Today, that phrase is engraved on an obelisk in Angoulême

Giulio Silvano

14 SEP 26

Described as the ‘Molière of comics’ and even the ‘Victor Hugo of BD’, Goscinny was able to highlight the irritating quirks of bureaucracy and social hypocrisies (Getty)

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Homer, you must save the modern-day Odysseuses

Refugees, after all, are like the protagonist of the Odyssey, searching for a dignified haven and exploited by a hysterical debate. Problems, paradoxes and a few ideas for the future

Antonio Pascale

14 SEP 26

The Red Cross is distributing food to migrants who have arrived in Ceuta (Getty image)

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The visionaries of Weimar, a century ahead of Musk and Thiel’s futurist dreams

Science fiction was all the rage in Germany between the two world wars. The right, in particular, was running wild with scientific and technological fantasies. The left-wing government, on the other hand, had neither the time nor the appetite for grand dreams of the future. The same is happening today in Trump’s America.

Siegmund Ginzberg

12 SEP 26

A poster for Fritz Lang’s film “Metropolis” (1927)

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In the Ruins of the West. Michel Onfray speaks

“Our festival of nihilism will come to an end; the next dominant civilisation will be Chinese,” says the renowned philosopher and intellectual. A new philosophical history of the West and the development of Greco-Roman civilisation told through the prism of the war of ideas

Giulio Meotti

12 SEP 26

“Walking Among the Ruins”, published in Italy by Ponte alle Grazie, earned Michel Onfray a nomination for the prestigious Renaudot Prize (photo of Michel Onfray)

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The Machiavellis of Paris. What the story of "le Florentin" teaches us

Mitterrand changed the electoral law to undermine Chirac and favour Le Pen. Some people are taking inspiration from this today, but it did not end very well.

Stefano Cingolani

12 SEP 26

In the 1988 presidential election, Le Pen secured over 14 per cent of the vote. It did not go as well as Mitterrand had expected, but he ceased to be an outsider (Getty image)

From America to Europe

The fanatics of our tribes

Symbols, uniforms, battle cries. It is difficult to talk to one another; to convince is impossible. All that remains is to stick together. As crucial elections draw near, politics is turning its back on relativism and heeding the call of the wild

Michele Masneri

12 SEP 26

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Controversial feminism and an ever-vigorous dialogue. The short yet carefully lived life of Carla Lonzi

Francesca Archibugi’s documentary captures the vitality, contradictions and uncompromising nature of a woman who sought to break free from the male-dominated order. An intellectual shockwave which, fifty years on, has not yet ceased to have an impact

Annalena Benini

12 SEP 26

“Dentro e fuori dal mondo” by Francesca Archibugi (produced by Fandango) was screened at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, as part of the Giornate degli Autori section

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What sort of films do you make, mate? The Venice Film Festival as seen from outside Italy

The Americans tear to shreds all our ‘powerful’ and ‘essential’ films: the actress who, in our films, ‘bravely puts herself on the line’ is, over there, ‘reduced to a caricature with no motivation’. The power of Rai Cinema explained to Variety

Andrea Minuz

12 SEP 26

“Il fuoco che ti porti dentro” by Edoardo De Angelis, starring Vanessa Scalera and Lino Musella, is in competition at the 83rd Venice Film Festival (Getty)

Children sent to the slaughter

The ideology behind the massacres of children and the crushing of compassion

The Nazis’ relentless persecution of very young Russians – all potential spies – the ‘Children’s Crusade’, and images from war zones. The only thing worse than seeing children murdered is seeing children as murderers. Like those in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

Siegmund Ginzberg

7 SEP 26

Hitler welcomed by farmers on National Harvest Day, 1937 (Getty image)

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