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Life is not possible without heroes. The author Cornelia Funke explains our need for role models and difference between idols of children and adults.
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Who do people look up to who are looked up to themselves? We found out.
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Philippe Sands talks about his work as a human rights lawyer.
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On Ukraine's response to the death of soldiers who died in the east of the country.
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For a long time the male gaze dominated the arts and it was up to men to turn women into heroes. But one hashtag was enough to shake up the role of women in Hollywood.
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Angela Merkel are two leaders who couldn't be more different: One is happy to consider himself a hero, the other shies away from superlatives.
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How I learnt about heroism by listening to Palestinian fighters.
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The much-hyped soldier Lei Feng has been dead for over fifty years but to this day, the Communist Party of China continues to tout him as a moral role model.
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Why is every attempt to critically revisit Polish history stigmatised as anti-Polish?
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What happens when the unsung heroes of bureaucracy take centre stage?
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The director Laura Bispuri questions the Italian image of the "mamma perfetta".
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The Pakistani comic character Burka Avenger fights for girls' rights.
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How New York's glorious "hero sandwich" munched its way onto the US literary scene.
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