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The story of a kidnapping in southern France, a sister’s quest for answers, and a nation still coming to terms with the legacy of armed conflict.
In the Tuscan hills, there is a “nation” that has no border posts, passports, or even parking tickets.
In Italy’s largest Chinatown, a new generation of Italian-born Chinese are challenging negative perceptions.
Ellie Berry’s two-and-a-half year hike across rural Ireland, and what she learned about the enduring benefits of walking in nature.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has been at peace for twenty-five years, but there is still little sense of a shared “Bosnian” identity.
Gibraltar and La Línea de la Concepción enjoy a close relationship. But changes in London and Madrid remind the two communities that a border stands between them.
How Bulgaria built a national symbol around the rose – and why it might lose it.
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On Christmas Day in 1950, Ian Hamilton was one of four young Scots who broke into Westminster Abbey and made off with the Stone of Destiny in the name of Scottish nationalism.
Rafael Bastido de los Santos has a master’s degree and speaks excellent English, but he couldn’t find one stable job – so he worked three part-time. Like many young Spaniards, he faces a choice between life at home and more attractive career opportunities abroad.
Calais in northern France has become synonymous with some of the most controversial aspects of the "refugee crisis". Now efforts to rebuild a troubled tourism industry are underway – but not everyone agrees on the direction.
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There are 800,000 informal and unpaid caregivers in Portugal, but their work is largely hidden and their stories untold. Photographer Teresa Nunes’ mother is one of them.
Kristina Sergeeva documents the secret Russian city her grandparents were recruited to, where residents once found solace and security in luxurious isolation from the outside world.
In Bulgaria, the British are known mostly for their tourism. But a group of British immigrants – not expats – have built fulfilling lives in the country
Emma Ringqvist sailed the Atlantic Ocean alone for nine months, including sixty-seven days where she was completely out of reach of both land and people. It was the purest experience of loneliness.
As Port Talbot’s steelworks face an increasingly uncertain future amid fierce global competition and repeated changes of ownership, we meet the locals who are determined to see their town reinvent itself.
For school leavers in England, “lockdown” cut short one of the most formative experiences of their lives. Serena Brown meets five young women from West London who talk about the challenges of their final year.
What does it mean to feel that you belong to one nation – and not another? In this issue, our writers and photographers report from the smallest nations – and would be nations – of Europe, to the largest. From the rocky shores of Gibraltar, to the “micro-nation” of Mapsulon, to the Basque Country, and the rolling, rose-covered fields of central Bulgaria.
Irish photographer Jonathan Ho photographs those who call Ireland home, while having a dual or shared sense of national and cultural identity.
In the mountains of northern Albania, the “shepherds life” is little-known – and a long way from the romanticised ideal.
After border checks were temporarily reintroduced in the wake of the Paris Attacks, we see how the residents of La Roya responded when thousands of asylum seekers suddenly arrived in their otherwise quiet valley.
Having travelled across Europe to reach the UK, asylum seekers then face a second journey as they adjust to British society. It is a journey that can often be as physically and mentally challenging as the first.
As the UK goes through the process of leaving the EU, Albania’s quest for membership has prompted some fundamental questions about what it means to be "European".
Brexit and tackling the climate crisis will define Britain’s future, shaping the lives of a generation. Can the two find a way to coexist?
Photographer John Angerson travels to the precise locations of some of the most important events in Britain’s recent history, showing these locations as they are today.
German veterans of Kosovo and Afghanistan who have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder often feel isolated from a society where the experience of war is considered a “taboo” subject.
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