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  1. Don’t rebuild the dam: Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect site uncovered by Russian sabotage
    By Charlotte Higgins and Mariana Matveichuk in Khortytsia

    As archaeologists find treasure trove along new floodplain, conservationists say another Nova Kakhovka would be ecocide

    theguardian.com/world/2026/oct

    #Ukraine #Europe #Conservation #Archaeology #Environment #Wetlands #Rivers #Heritage #Unesco #Culture #Russia #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CharlotteHiggins #MarianaMatveichukinKhortytsia

  2. ‘We are not scared,’ says top EU diplomat after Russian strike on passenger train
    By Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Charlotte Higgins and Amy Hawkins in Kyiv

    Kaja Kallas calls drone attack that narrowly missed Boris Johnson and David Petraeus ‘a message to the western world’

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Ukraine #EuropeanUnion #Russia #Europe #Worldnews #Poland #TheGuardian #JenniferRankininBrussels #CharlotteHiggins #AmyHawkinsinKyiv

  3. Bayeux tapestrymania has gripped Britain. But what does it say about our own age of war and upheaval? | Charlotte Higgins
    By Charlotte Higgins

    The tapestry is drawing crowds to the British Museum – and each person who sees it will draw a different meaning from this epic, vivid artwork

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Bayeuxtapestry #BritishMuseum #Art #France #UKnews #Culture #Worldnews #Europe #Artanddesign #TheGuardian #CharlotteHiggins

  4. For Ukraine's artists, making sense of rage is a necessity: it can be both requiem and resistance | Charlotte Higgins
    By Charlotte Higgins

    Literature shows us how anger can inspire but also consume us: I see it in Homer’s epics, and in the furious creativity of contemporary Ukrainian writers

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Culture #Ukraine #GiuseppeVerdi #Poetry #Homer #Russia #Europe #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CharlotteHiggins

  5. The ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abuses
    By Charlotte Higgins

    From killings in Gaza to the alleged use of a sonic weapon on a vigil in Belgrade, the Lebanese-British artist reveals how his work for activist group Earshot is inseparable from his art

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #Artanddesign #Culture #ForensicArchitecture #Humanrights #Gaza #Syria #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CharlotteHiggins

  6. Why is poetry booming? It’s the only language for times of violence and chaos | Charlotte Higgins
    By Charlotte Higgins

    From the Odyssey to conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, we can see how poetry fills the gap when ordinary ways of writing or speaking aren’t enough

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Poetry #Ukraine #Culture #TheOdyssey #Books #Europe #Worldnews #UKnews #Film #TheGuardian #CharlotteHiggins

  7. ‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
    By Charlotte Higgins

    Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected

    theguardian.com/news/ng-intera

    #Ukraine #Europe #Worldnews #Russia #Languages #Education #TheGuardian #CharlotteHiggins

  8. Christopher Nolan has made an Odyssey for our times – by sacrificing the delicious darkness of Homer's epic | Charlotte Higgins
    By Charlotte Higgins

    There’s no denying the power of the film on the big screen. But how far should modern moral sensibilities influence adaptations of classics?

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #TheOdyssey #Film #Culture #ChristopherNolan #TheGuardian #CharlotteHiggins

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