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Six Brits sent to war-torn countries prove that travel doesn’t always broaden the mind; Luca Marinelli’s strutting Il Duce has a familiar ring. Plus, a Jane Austen drama with one thing missing…

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What happens when Great Replacement Theory wins an election

In the days since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, supporters of the former president have used the incident to project an image of power.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attacks on Italy’s cultural heritage – from libel suits against intellectuals to her government’s censorship of texts critical of Mussolini – have made headlines across Europe. Less attention, however, has been granted to the agricultural minister’s blows on the country’s natural heritage. Francesco Lollobrigida, who has…