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Britain
Correspondents
Britain’s vote in the dark
David Hayes
6 May 2015
An odd election campaign ends with nationalists becoming unionists and radicals conservatives, writes
David Hayes
Books & arts
A story for all seasons
Jane Goodall
5 May 2015
Television
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Jane Goodall
reviews the BBC’s
Wolf Hall
Correspondents
Britain’s reckoning election
David Hayes
2 May 2015
A wary, data-driven, Scotland-focused contest gives voters no lead, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
A kingdom for a vote
David Hayes
22 April 2015
Britain’s election is a blind date with destiny, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Dirty big secrets
David Hayes
6 April 2015
A spate of disclosures of child sexual abuse sets a challenging test for British society, writes
David Hayes
in London
Essays & reportage
Learning to think at Oxford
Margaret Simons
23 March 2015
“There was nothing before Oxford, really,” says Malcolm Fraser in this extract from his political memoirs, written with
Margaret Simons
Correspondents
Retreat, Britannia?
David Hayes
5 March 2015
No foreign policy, mute diplomacy and a weak military, goes the mantra. In London,
David Hayes
tests the alarm
Correspondents
Britain’s election fix
David Hayes
18 February 2015
A statutory five-year term has reset Britain’s political dynamics. But not in a good way, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
London, pulse of change
David Hayes
22 December 2014
A dynamic metropolis resented by the country it governs is exploring its own political options, says
David Hayes
Books & arts
Secrets within secrets
Jack Waterford
31 October 2014
David Horner’s history of ASIO is a reminder of how “the Case” influenced ASIO for generations, writes
Jack Waterford
Correspondents
Britain’s politics without walls
David Hayes
27 October 2014
Democracy’s decline always makes a good story. But like the country itself, British politics might be adapting rather than decaying, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
John Bercow and “the Aussie woman”
David Hayes
29 September 2014
The ripples of an unlikely row over a parliamentary appointment reach from London to Canberra, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Scotland, the day after
David Hayes
19 September 2014
A clear vote against Scotland’s independence closes a national argument but opens a UK-wide one, says
David Hayes
in Edinburgh
Correspondents
Scotland on the eve
David Hayes
15 September 2014
Scots hold the United Kingdom’s future in their hands. No wonder nerves are fraying, says
David Hayes
Books & arts
Brown sauce in Edinburgh, vinegar in Glasgow
Angela Daly
11 September 2014
Angela Daly
reviews Robert Crawford’s tale of two cities
Correspondents
Ireland and Britain: neighbours in transit
David Hayes
31 August 2014
Dublin and London are finding common diplomatic ground just as politics is sweeping them off their feet
Correspondents
Britain’s Great War: traps of memory
David Hayes
17 July 2014
The centenary of the 1914–18 war reveals Britain to be a country of permanent involution, says
David Hayes
International
A post-winter’s tale
Geoffrey Barker
10 July 2014
Three-and-a-half decades after the winter of discontent,
Geoffrey Barker
revisits a warmer and more diverse Britain
Books & arts
The surgeon as bad-tempered hero
Frank Bowden
20 June 2014
A physician decodes an unsettling memoir of life in and beyond the operating theatre
Correspondents
Waiting for England
David Hayes
12 June 2014
The identity of Britain’s largest nation is a live question during every World Cup, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Europe’s, and Britain’s, populist moment
David Hayes
30 May 2014
The electoral victory of UKIP, an anti-immigrant and anti-Europe party, redraws Britain’s political map, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Scotland, and Britain, in the balance
David Hayes
15 May 2014
The debate over Scotland’s future is being shaped by the pro-independence side, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Tony Benn, the great conjuror
David Hayes
8 April 2014
The Labour politician turned radical in mid-career and ended up a revered figure. His remarkable story can also reveal Britain to itself, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Ed Miliband, a waiting game
David Hayes
18 February 2014
After more than three years in the job, where is Britain’s Labour leader taking his party, asks
David Hayes
International
On trial for hacking: the story so far
Rodney Tiffen
13 February 2014
It’s now the defence’s turn to put its case in the News International phone-hacking trial in London.
Rodney Tiffen
untangles the testimony to date
International
Independent schools: an idea whose time has passed
Francis Beckett
12 February 2014
Christopher Pyne’s plan for “independent” public schools bears a family resemblance to the academies and free schools that have undermined British education,…
Books & arts
Very like, and very unlike
Tim Rowse
17 December 2013
As two Australian books show, the European Enlightenment rested partly on a global traffic of persons between widely separated spaces
Correspondents
Scotland, the looking-glass country
David Hayes
16 December 2013
The polls say no, the mood yes. Scotland’s independence debate is a puzzle, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
London’s road from Damascus
David Hayes
3 September 2013
Syria’s war is opening new dividing lines in British politics, says
David Hayes
. Once the consequences play out, Ed Miliband might have lost more than has David Cameron
Correspondents
Election 2013: The view from up above
David Hayes
28 August 2013
Britain’s media coverage of Australia’s election is lively but limited, finds
David Hayes
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