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Power Shift

Andy Burnham’s emergence as Britain’s likely next Prime Minister is significant not simply because it heralds a change of leadership, but because it could place the country’s most prominent advocate of devolution at the head of government.

Brexit Dividend

Ten years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the most revealing aspect of Brexit is not what happened, but what did not.

Memory and History

The withdrawal of an artwork from Britain’s National Portrait Gallery over its portrayal of Winston Churchill's role in the Bengal Famine of 1943 is not merely another episode in the culture wars.

Unwritten Histories

More than a century after she broke into one of Britain’s most exclusive medical institutions, Jamini Sen is only now being restored to public memory ~ through a recent biography and renewed institutional recognition.

Privilege on Trial

When the former holder of high office is arrested, the real test is not only of that individual but of the institutions that once protected his authority.

Futile sanctions

On the anniversary of the tragic death of Mahsa Amini, the United States, Britain, and Canada, along with the European…

Power games

Israel’s parliament having passed into law a controversial bill that lays down restrictions on judicial oversight of the government’s decisions, and with citizens of the country having descended to the streets in protest, the country has been enveloped in fresh turmoil.