Final cut: Mr Jones (2019)
A film about George Orwell, Lloyd George, Maxim Litivinov and the Ukraine famine? SIMON MATTHEWS has a look.
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Noisy neighbours: Nationalism and sport in the UK
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The language of Blajorism
Spelling out Tony Blair’s debt to John Major at the heart of Europe. Continue reading
Referendum ad nauseum
ALWYN TURNER predicts the outcome of the vote. Look away now, if you don’t want to know the result. Continue reading
Missing voices and opportunities
ALWYN TURNER on Angela Eagle on the EU referendum. Continue reading
‘No longer two nations but one’
In an exclusive extract from his new book, ROGER HERMISTON tells the story of the astonishing Franco-British Union plan of 1940. Continue reading
Articulate, glamorous and patronising
Some perceptions of the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg in 2010. Continue reading
‘May the Lord bless you real good’
Billy Graham’s 1954 London Crusade (the ‘Salvation Army plus sex’), remembered by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Hitler in springtime
A collection of quotes from the Left about the Third Reich. Continue reading
Proud to be British
Jan Morris explains the difference between British English and American English. Continue reading
Keir Starmer: Keeping busy
A newly elected MP who’s putting in the groundwork. Continue reading
‘An historic step for Europe’
A hundred business leaders in 1998 speak on why Britain needs closer European integration. Continue reading
