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Vandals daub Ukraine colours on Swiss monument to Russian soldiers

Vandals have daubed blue and yellow paint - Ukraine's national colours - on a Russian monument to soldiers who perished fighting Napoleon's forces in Switzerland in the 18th century, drawing a complaint from Moscow's diplomatic mission.

Reuters

Eurovision 2022: The best 10 winning performances

In its 66-year history, few Eurovision entrants have achieved both a great song and a great live performance. Olivia Emily ranks the best of the best

The Independent UK

Eurovision 2022: The best 10 winning performances

In its 67-year history, few Eurovision entrants have achieved both a great song and a great live performance. Olivia Emily ranks the best of the best

The Independent UK

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Election humour 2022: can the major parties win votes with a funny marmot or a joke about Star Wars?

The 2022 election campaign seems longer than Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. And there is still ten days to go. But that does not mean the whole thing is without lighter moments.

The Conversation

'Way £325,000 a year P&O boss treats workforce just went from outrageous to scandalous'

P&O boss Peter Hebblewhite has already shown he cares nothing for public opinion. His own bosses should reflect on this bizarre business model when the public are their customers

Daily Mirror

Plans to turn Boris Johnson wedding church into replica Kremlin for film axed

Producers of Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon biopic had arranged to use Westminster Cathedral for filming

Daily Mirror

Ukraine will not be like Korea – dogged resistance will turn it into Putin's 'bleeding ulcer'

The Russian army reached a “point of culmination” on around March 20. This meant that with the available supplies and reserves, it could make no further significant advances. Local actions, such as its effort to take Mariupol, continue. But on all major fronts, Russia’s advance has been largely held by…

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The Russian victim myth: here's the history behind it

Russian president Vladimir Putin sees his country’s history as providing the essential justification for the war he is waging against the Ukrainian people. He has long used history as a propaganda weapon. In his rambling address on the eve of his invasion of Ukraine, he claimed that Ukraine’s independence has…

The Conversation

Understanding Putin and the Russian psyche

In times of crisis, Russian leaders have tended to seek oppressive control instead of peace talks

The Hindu

Scots physics student 'heard voice of Napoleon' before he died during drug battle

Callum Brown, 24, studied at Edinburgh University before moving to London to work as a financial sales consultant.

Daily Record

Chelsea fans take long view as team challenges Lille in Champions League

Appropriately dominating the rotonde Napoleon in Lille's Musée des Beaux-Arts stands a bronze statue of Corsica's most famous son. Henri Lemaire's ornate piece portrays the former lord in his imperial raiment. A fitting symbol perhaps for Chelsea fans visiting the northern French city for Wednesday night's last-16 second leg Champions…

Radio France Internationale

Commentary: Banning Tchaikovsky won’t win the war in Ukraine

Banning Tchaikovsky is not the way to win a war. Last week, the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra removed the composer’s popular "1812 Overture" from its forthcoming program due to the invasion of Ukraine. The work noisily celebrates Russian resistance to Napoleon’s invasion.

Tribune News Service

A tale of subterfuge, rivalry, Napoleon and snakes: how the NSW State Library came to own the map of Abel Tasman's voyages

Every year, tens of thousands of New South Wales State Library patrons walk past a stunning mosaic replica of the Tasman Map on the floor of the Mitchell library vestibule. The original Tasman map, recently restored, charts the two voyages of the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 and 1644.

The Conversation

Sanctions are neither new nor guaranteed to work – just look at Cuba

Analysis: Economic penalties have been meted out since Napoleon’s day but there’s little proof they achieve the desired outcome

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Animal Farm review – beguiling puppetry makes Orwell’s fable more equal than others

A startling handsome production of George Orwell’s allegorical fable, with hints of kabuki and film noir, is given ever more meaning and relevance by current news events

Daily Mirror

Dale Critchlow dead - Napoleon Dynamite star passes away, family announce

The Napoleon Dynamite star, who became famous for playing Farmer Lyle in the cult 2004 movie, has died aged 92

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