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Kim Jong-un’s sister or daughter? Only one can survive…

Kim Jong-un’s sister or daughter? Only one can survive…

Francis Pike has narrated this article for you to listen to. As a birthday treat, a good father might take his ten-year-old daughter to the ballet or...

28.03.2026 10

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Francis Pike

Notes on... / The dying art of the kimono

‘The road was frozen… Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi [broad sash]. The moon shone like a blade frozen in...

24.03.2026 10

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Francis Pike

The dying art of the kimono

‘The road was frozen… Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi [broad sash]. The moon shone like a blade frozen in...

22.03.2026 10

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Francis Pike

The dying art of the kimono

‘The road was frozen… Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi [broad sash]. The moon shone like a blade frozen in...

19.03.2026 10

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Francis Pike

Korea opportunities / Kim Jong-un’s sister or daughter? Only one can survive…

Korea opportunities / Kim Jong-un’s sister or daughter? Only one can survive…

Francis Pike has narrated this article for you to listen to. As a birthday treat, a good father might take his ten-year-old daughter to the ballet or...

13.03.2026 9

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Francis Pike

Has Xi Jinping fought off another coup?

26.01.2026 20

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Francis Pike

Black Christmas and the battle for Hong Kong

24.12.2025 20

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Francis Pike

History / Black Christmas and the battle for Hong Kong

23.12.2025 10

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Francis Pike

Will Sanae Takaichi fly or falter?

20.10.2025 9

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Francis Pike

Fragile China: who’s really in charge?

11.09.2025 8

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Francis Pike

Power struggle / Is Xi Jinping still in charge of China?

02.09.2025 20

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Francis Pike

Sport / How Britain came to dominate Formula 1

06.07.2025 10

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Francis Pike

How Britain came to dominate Formula 1

06.07.2025 10

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Francis Pike

Happy mediums / In defence of exorcism

02.07.2025 8

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Francis Pike

Happy mediums / In defence of exorcism

27.06.2025 10

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Francis Pike

Happy mediums / In defence of exorcism

26.06.2025 8

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Francis Pike

Frozen out / Is Xi Jinping’s time up?

12.06.2025 10

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Francis Pike

Should starvation ever be used as a weapon of war?

25.05.2025 10

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Francis Pike

How Pakistan’s most powerful man provoked India’s missile attack

10.05.2025 9

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Francis Pike

For most of the world, VE Day did not mean peace

08.05.2025 10

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Francis Pike

How Pakistan’s most powerful man provoked India’s missile attack

08.05.2025 10

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Francis Pike

Is nuclear war between India and Pakistan inevitable?

07.05.2025 8

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Francis Pike

Was Nixon solely to blame for the fall of Saigon?

30.04.2025 7

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Francis Pike

What is more worrying than war between India and Pakistan?

26.04.2025 9

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Francis Pike

Kashmir attack / What is more worrying than war between India and Pakistan?

26.04.2025 9

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Francis Pike

Putin’s Russia is part of a global Orthodox revival

21.04.2025 10

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Francis Pike

Miracle of God / Putin’s Russia is part of a global Orthodox revival

20.04.2025 10

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Francis Pike

The weapon that could end America’s global supremacy

28.03.2025 20

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Francis Pike

The weapon that could end America’s global supremacy

27.03.2025 40

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Francis Pike

Crocodile attacks and the animal predators of the second world war

16.03.2025 10

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Francis Pike

Why Tulip Siddiq had to go

14.01.2025 8

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Francis Pike