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Justin Marozzi

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Notes on... / Who cares if fridge magnets are tacky?

Notes on... / Who cares if fridge magnets are tacky?

Let’s dispense with the obvious question first. Are they common? While there’s a clear temptation to consult Nicky Haslam on such matters, I...

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The Spectator

Justin Marozzi

Notes on... / Who cares if fridge magnets are naff?

Notes on... / Who cares if fridge magnets are naff?

Let’s dispense with the obvious question first. Are they common? While there’s a clear temptation to consult Nicky Haslam on such matters, I...

12.05.2026 10

The Spectator

Justin Marozzi

Notes on... / Who cares if fridge magnets are naff?

Notes on... / Who cares if fridge magnets are naff?

Let’s dispense with the obvious question first. Are they common? While there’s a clear temptation to consult Nicky Haslam on such matters, I...

12.05.2026 10

The Spectator

Justin Marozzi

Who cares if fridge magnets are naff?

Who cares if fridge magnets are naff?

Let’s dispense with the obvious question first. Are they common? While there’s a clear temptation to consult Nicky Haslam on such matters, I...

10.05.2026 10

The Spectator

Justin Marozzi

How Syria’s dream of freedom ended in further repression

Anand Gopal has form when it comes to war. In Afghanistan, distrustful of President Bush’s ‘good vs evil’ and ‘you’re either with us or...

30.04.2026 10

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Justin Marozzi

Middle East / Iran’s tradition of martyrdom is key to understanding this conflict

One word stood out in the florid and overwrought announcement of the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader by a tearful state-television newsreader on 1...

09.03.2026 20

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Justin Marozzi

Middle East / Iran’s tradition of martyrdom is key to understanding this conflict

One word stood out in the florid and overwrought announcement of the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader by a tearful state-television newsreader on 1...

09.03.2026 20

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Justin Marozzi

Object lesson / Have we reached peak ‘curation’?

02.02.2026 10

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Justin Marozzi

What Trump’s coup in Venezuela means for Iran

09.01.2026 30

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Justin Marozzi

What Trump’s coup in Venezuela means for Iran

08.01.2026 20

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Justin Marozzi

Books / What hope is there for Syria today?

18.11.2025 30

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Justin Marozzi

Books / What hope is there for Syria today?

18.11.2025 20

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Justin Marozzi

What Andrew’s Norfolk exile will look like

13.11.2025 30

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Justin Marozzi

Historian’s notebook / The human stories of slavery

02.09.2025 30

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Justin Marozzi

Historian’s notebook / The human stories of slavery

29.08.2025 20

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Justin Marozzi

The human stories of slavery

28.08.2025 30

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Justin Marozzi

Toppling Iran’s Supreme Leader could be a mistake

19.06.2025 20

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Justin Marozzi

Why possum beats cashmere

06.03.2025 40

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Justin Marozzi