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In 1974, the greatest Dutch team of all time had been beaten by West Germany in the World Cup Final in Munich. Fourteen years later, they returned to Germany under the same coach, Rinus Michels, and …

Kyrill Hartog, Are We Europe's editor in chief, interviews Sarah Sax about her piece in our latest magazine called the Sports Issue. Sarah goes behind the scenes of writing the flagship piece, detail…

From the 1960s to the 1990s, four Georgian women ruled the world stage—also including Nana Alexandria and Nana Ioseliani. Dubbed druzhina—a combat-unit—by commentators, they inspired a mushrooming of…

Despite skateboarding’s inclusion in the Olympics and the recent push for equality, most skaters are boys. This story is from our latest magazine, The Sports Issue, and uncovers the story of "The Sna…

For decades, Eastern Europe has suffered a massive brain drain of people heading abroad in search of opportunity. But something remarkable happened during the pandemic: huge numbers started coming ba…

People who see Capoeira being performed for the first time often ask the same question: is it a dance or a martial art? The music, percussion, rituals, and the way that players move elegantly around …

In this spoken word poem, Nikita Yasmin Shah reflects on the multiple strands of connectivity Britain has with former colonies and how this relationship has been erased. As a British-Kenyan-Indian, s…

From Wuhan to Bergamo, New York to Rio de Janeiro, the coronavirus has increased the strain on the systems dealing with the logistics of corpses. While most countries have long and detailed procedure…

The spread of Russian disinformation has taken mythical proportions. Professionalized and more convincing than ever, pro-Russian internet trolls and cyber experts are making vigorous efforts to desta…

Food is a silver lining in El Salvador—a tiny country nestled in between Honduras and Guatemala on the Pacific coast of Central America. Throughout its violent past and today’s widespread gang-violen…