Exhausted British troops on the quayside at Dover, May 31 1940.
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It may not have been Britain’s finest hour, but was it Fleet Street’s?
Jubilation in London as Britain rolled out the barrel to celebrate victory in Europe.
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It was a great celebration, but not everyone was jubilant.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in mid-March, before he tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The United Kingdom does not have a written constitution or a specific plan for what to do if the prime minister is too ill to perform official duties.
As the U.K. leaves the European Union, what awaits Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
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People who support Brexit want different results from the UK’s departure from the EU – and they can’t all get what they want.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II.
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The U.K. prime minister sought to suppress Parliamentary opponents, saying he – not they – represents the will of the British people. It put Queen Elizabeth II in a real bind.
A towering figure.
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A complicated man who some would cast as a simple answer to complex times.
Growing, growing, gone.
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Brexit has stimulated the debate about the net economic benefits of EU membership. New findings show these are not clearly positive.
Trump’s historic meeting with North Korea dictator Kim Jung Un on June 12, 2018, in Singapore. Trump recently told a crowd that the two leaders ‘fell in love.’
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Meeting with heads of state has become routine for presidents, but Trump’s way with words and gestures rattles many in the diplomatic community. The biggest concern is his sweet talk to dictators.
Commonwealth war cemetery at Ypres, Belgium.
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100 years after the end of World War I, some of its brutal lessons.
Delville Wood Memorial in Cape Town.About 2300 white soldiers died in the First World War battle.
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For black South Africans, the hard lesson was the same as it had been during the Boer war: support for Britain would bring few rewards.
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The author of First You Write a Sentence makes a strong case for the humble full stop.
Do Wall Street’s high-rises fuel risky behavior?
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Business scholars have found that our physical environment can influence us in a variety of surprising ways – including by prompting us to engage in riskier behavior depending on elevation.
Gary Oldman plays Winston Churchill in the 2017 film Darkest Hour .
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Not just period pieces, the 2017 films “Dunkirk” and “Darkest Hour” shed light on the intense Brexit debate, and raise important questions about Britain’s fundamental identity.
A reversion to imperial imbalance in the British-Australian relationship began with the Whitlam government’s election and ended with its dismissal.
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The continued embargo on documents relating to the dismissal of the Whitlam government point to the lingering imperial power that comes from an incomplete severance of colonial ties.
Collecting the family allowance in 1946: the Beveridge report influenced the creation of Britain’s welfare state.
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Thousands queued to buy the report by William Beveridge that would lay the foundations for Britain’s modern welfare state.
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The latest film about Britain’s revered war leader struggles to capture the man – or give his wife the credit she deserves.
In the years leading up to World War II, Ivan Maisky and Winston Churchill developed a close friendship.
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The Soviet ambassador to London showed that charm and contacts can trump espionage when it comes to gathering information.
German prisoners of war helped to construct the road leading to Wembley stadium in 1948.
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… and why their treatment angered human rights campaigners at the time.
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It was Winston Churchill who led the charge for the UK’s first living wage. But you’d never have guessed the Conservative Party would adopt the policy with such gusto in the 21st century.
Winston Churchill was a strong proponent of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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The Conservative party manifesto’s repudiation of the ‘libertarian right’ bodes ill for the European Court of Human Rights.