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Queen Elizabeth harnessed goodwill from Canadians mostly as an individual, rather than as the hereditary head of an institution. But her death will lead to debate about the relevance of the monarchy.
Britain’s households are facing a cold winter but its power market could learn something from neighbouring systems to avert a crisis
We’re driving for longer than ever before and, in the UK, there’s no requirement for a GP to tell us we might be up to the task.
A church service marking Northern Ireland’s centenary has stirred up debate. But amid the past few years’ tensions, the island’s Christian leaders have coordinated closely.
For 200 years, a small number of countries have exploited the marine wildlife of Antarctica, often with devastating impact on their populations.
Candidates from both the right and the left use the escalator as a metaphor for the economic perils – and perks – of upward social mobility.
Descendants from the Pilgrims were keen to highlight their ancestors’ role in the country’s founding. But their sanitized version of events is only now starting to be told in full.
People who support Brexit want different results from the UK’s departure from the EU – and they can’t all get what they want.
US history is filled with instances where one partisan side charges that the other side’s positions will lead to national ruin. Now, both sides accuse the other of betraying their country.
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.
Counter-terrorism policies have social and political impacts on citizenship, identity and our perception of self and the Other. Through the British case, Lee Jarvis discusses his latest research with Sylvain Antichan.
Documentary makers, museum curators, PR teams and the royal family all want their say on the 20th anniversary of her death.
Moviegoers get a hint of why Dunkirk stayed with those who lived through it, but an online archive of survivors’ stories offers more depth.
Twenty years on from the handover of the British Crown colony, the people of Hong Kong are increasingly experiencing the vicissitudes of communism.
Wilson coined the phrase ‘America First’ and appealed for ‘peace without victory.’ But on April 2, 1917 he asked Congress for a declaration of war. The impact on American foreign policy was profound.
A century ago, American women organized to protest World War I. The fact that their efforts failed isn’t the most important point.
Having moved so far from its origins in 1788, perhaps Australia Day should now be a celebration of Australian ‘ordinariness’.
As Europe discusses the reasons behind and reaction to the Brexit thunderclap, some in the UK are already seeing business opportunities – through the free ports, a notion abandoned by the EU.
The Jacobites are regularly cast as ‘primitive’ Scots – yet it is a false narrative suited for political ends.
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research, and Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Bradley Professor of English Literature and Pro Vice-Principal, University of Glasgow
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Professor of Local and Regional Development, Newcastle University
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Professor of Economics, University of Kent
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Director of Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
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