A telling juxtaposition on the news just now: an item on the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War rubbing against another grim piece on the horror in Gaza. But think of this: if you'd have told a European a hundred years ago that there would be a time when Western Europe would be involved in a peace so deep it would be difficult to imagine there might be any other state he or she would have laughed hollowly.
It's an extraordinary thing, but times do change. The question is whether the people trapped within them can move forward accordingly.
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