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Tony Barber

@TonyBarber8

Author of Everyday Problems of Marriage: Part One

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Joined February 2013
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Here is my review of Arthur der Weduwen’s impressive new history “The Last Invasion of England: 1688 and the Dutch Armada”@PrincetonUPress … as.ft.com/r/e6fce4c2-76a3-42…
The Last Invasion of England — the Dutch armada that built British stability

The Last Invasion of England — the Dutch armada that built British stability

Arthur der Weduwen’s action-packed history takes a fresh look at the strategies, political risks and fake news behind the Glorious Revolution

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My thoughts on the secession of #Piddington from the UK, and the long history of micronations … as.ft.com/r/57098342-379e-4b…
Passport to Piddington: a short history of micronations

Passport to Piddington: a short history of micronations

Without its own airline and beer, the Oxfordshire secessionist village will remain a piddling principality

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My obituary of Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb military commander and convicted war criminal … as.ft.com/r/54aacf39-0358-47…
Ratko Mladić dies in prison aged 84

Ratko Mladić dies in prison aged 84

Bosnian Serb commander was convicted for the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica

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Best summer books of 2026: from our own stable via @FT … including Eastern Reproaches, a novel by Tony Barber … set in the 1980s in communist eastern Europe and the Soviet Union! as.ft.com/r/e55235b8-59c2-4c…
Best summer books of 2026: from our own stable

Best summer books of 2026: from our own stable

From the far-right to the future of work, books by FT journalists and editors

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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

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

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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