Scotland’s Robert the Bruce defeated a much larger English army at the Battle of Bannockburn.
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Hastings and Bannockburn didn’t exactly bring people together, but they remind us that the component parts of the UK are inextricably linked.
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A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its trousers on.
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Explaining the organisations and laws that are supposed to govern the link between money and influence.
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Ofcom’s duty is to regulate broadcasting on behalf of UK citizens. That appears to be under threat, both from internal forces and potentially from its next chair.
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England is voting for metro mayors and councils on May 6 at a crucial time for local decision-making.
The capital’s transport system is facing
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The choice between Sadiq Khan and Shaun Bailey comes down to two opposing views of what transport is for – and how to fund it
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The Brazilian president has engineered the conditions for the virus to run rampant through the country while he pursues his own agenda.
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The capital doesn’t really know what to make of the Labour leader – which is, in itself, telling.
Supporters of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny rally to protest as their leader remains on hunger strike in a prison hospital.
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The Russian opposition leader remains in prison, but has now ended his hunger strike.
A group of boys abducted by Boko Haram in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, after their release in December 2020.
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Plus, why women join Al-Shabaab in Kenya. Listen to episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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After a prolonged campaign, Germany’s biggest coalition has chosen the man who will lead it into September’s general election.
Close colleagues: a British soldier with an Afghani translator after a suicide attack on a convoy of Western troops in Kabul, 2007.
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Western governments have a very poor record when it comes to looking after those foreign nationals who have risked their lives for them.
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A law from 1969 is still having an impact on nursing pay in Denmark today.
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Under cover of the coronavirus many countries are passing more draconian media laws.
Women’s Liberation supporters staging a sit-down protest in Trafalgar Square Post Office after a rally
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As women around the world call out sexual misconduct, the role of men in rooting out misogyny needs to be considered
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Saudi women are empowering themselves by running businesses and challenging ‘traditional’ gender roles.
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Religious voters have long, historical ties to particular parties, but the changing nature of politics is shifting their allegiances.
Protesters march in Beirut marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 2020.
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The devastating effect COVID-19 has had on disabled people globally goes far beyond health issues
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We studied shared values within England and found an even larger gulf between Northerners and Southerners than we did between English and Scots.
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A lack of emotional support within the police is leading to PTSD and burnout.
Combat ready? Colonel General Oleg Salyukov, the head of Russian Ground Forces reviews troops ahead of the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Tensions are high, but a Russian invasion is highly unlikely.
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The former prime minister didn’t break any rules in his relations with Greensill – because the rules hardly exist.
The Natanz nuclear facility.
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Most observers believe Israel was behind the a cyberattack on Iran. But what was the thinking behind it?
Will the line break in Myanmar?
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History tells us that the stability of a country’s security forces is key to the success or failure of a popular uprising.
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While the pandemic has had devastating consequences for imprisoned people, many of their experiences were already characterised by pain and deprivation