Right-wing British politician Nigel Farage is hit in the face with a milkshake during his general election campaign launch in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, on June 4, 2024.
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From ancient Rome to modern times, pelting has been a performance of crowd defiance in all its joyous, furious and lawbreaking glory.
The Queen’s second-last Christmas broadcast, in 2020, during the COVID lockdown.
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For many people, the royal Christmas broadcast is a festive tradition that brings comfort, reassurance and a connection to the past.
A group of men being interrogated by a police inspector in 1952.
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Colonialists daily reinforced a hierarchy that allowed white people to abuse Africans.
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When The Crown debuted in 2016, the quality of the story lines, acting and impressive production standards were striking. What happened?
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Stan Grant’s new book, The Queen is Dead, is revealing in terms of his decision to step down from public life. ‘I have been reminded what it is to come from the other side of history,’ he writes.
A yarn of pomp and pageantry.
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The pageantry of the coronation will be broadcast around the world. Here’s what to expect over the three days of celebrations.
Seamstresses from the Royal School of Needlework, at Hampton Court Palace, work on the crimson velvet Robe of State that King Charles will wear on arrival at Westminster Abbey.
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From the coronation robes, made of gold to last centuries, to David Bowie’s jumpsuits created from the newest materials, dress archives have stories to tell.
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While this will only be the second British coronation to be televised, popular culture has provided many opportunities to see fictional depictions.
Dutch delftware with a double portrait of William III and Mary II, ca. 1690.
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From lockets for Henry VIII’s wedding to tea cups for Charles III’s coronation, there is a long history of royal souvenirs.
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The Westminster Abbey mosaic is the only surviving one of its kind north of the Alps. Come May, the public will get to see it up close.
Prince William and Prince Harry arrive for the statue unveiling of their mother on what would have been Princess Diana’s 60th birthday at Kensington Palace in July 2021, a year after Harry departed the U.K. for the United States.
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The relationship between Princes William and Harry is fractured, and can be explained by what’s known as the ‘family systems’ theory. Repairing it will require the Royal Family to change.
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Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoir tells a story of a troubled young man, traumatised by the death of his mother when he was just 12. And a man, closer to his 40s, who remains angry and anxious.
The proclamation of King Charles III marked the first time in history the public was allowed to witness the Accession Council, at St James’s Palace in London.
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Charles’s coronation will be the most constitutionally significant ceremony of his entire reign. It should prompt discussion about what a modern monarchy could be.
Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin has had to defend her diplomacy and her dancing.
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Why age and gender are such prominent mechanisms of exclusion in parliaments and governments.
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Will King Charles III used brand endorsements to support the causes he holds dear?
African civet.
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Ethiopia’s civet producers could benefit greatly if the industry were properly regulated and commercialised.
About 4.5 billion bank notes and more than 27 billion coins featuring the queen’s image are now circulating in the U.K.
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The new money – featuring the visage of King Charles III – will start rolling out by December 2022.
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The British crown is the only surviving European monarchy that retains a coronation.
The sluice gates open at the Owen Falls dam across the White Nile in Uganda on 14 October 1962.
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The mega dam in Jinja was meant to give Uganda energy independence, but this was constrained by Britain’s agricultural interests in Egypt.
Carnegie Mellon University’s denouncing of Uju Anya’s tweet about the Queen shows that universities need to do much more the support racialized faculty.
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Reaction to criticism of the monarchy shows that universities need to do much more to support racialized faculty and staff.