Reading Time: 4 minutes Boudica’s moment of fame came as the leader of a revolt against the Romans in the years 60-61
Tag: Britain
Tying up the loose ends on Flora Macdonald’s story
Reading Time: 4 minutes Flora Macdonald, who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape after the Battle of Culloden, was nothing if not a practical woman
Winston Churchill and the villainous ‘Guilty Men’
Reading Time: 4 minutes An influential book from 1940 laid the guilt of appeasing Nazi Germany at the feet of 15 public figures
Christmas pantomime a charming holiday tradition
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s no requirement to stick to the details of the original story
Liz Truss’s stunning demise proves Brexit is not complete
Reading Time: 4 minutes The UK government will not be truly sovereign until it is able to recover its full monetary sovereignty
Trudeau can’t stop himself from embarrassing us
Reading Time: 4 minutes He dishonoured the Queen and her family during her funeral
Seeking truth is not a competition
Reading Time: 3 minutes CNN’s Don Lemon got a history lesson on slavery recently. But it does not negate the need for the Royal Family to pay reparations
Elizabeth II had the poise to navigate the cesspool of colonialism
Reading Time: 3 minutes The British Empire enslaved human beings, destroyed functioning states, destroyed economies, and imprisoned and killed countless people
Rest well, Queen Elizabeth II – and welcome, King Charles III
Reading Time: 4 minutes The way he has handled the transition could lead to his reign being an unexpectedly impressive one
Political orthodoxies are being challenged in Europe
Reading Time: 4 minutes From the UK to Sweden to Italy, progressive parties are losing ground