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A Magna Carta moment David Hayes 5 June 2015 After eight centuries the revered document of liberty still grips the political imagination, says David Hayes in London Two nations James Jupp 12 May 2015 A different kind of British election yielded a familar result, writes James Jupp in Britain Britain’s pencil revolution David Hayes 9 May 2015 A purgative election has cleared the way for even bigger contests to come, says David Hayes Books & arts Forty millennia of Indigenous history at the British Museum Maria Nugent 8 May 2015 The British Museum’s Indigenous Australia exhibition could change the conversation about relations between Indigenous people, museums and collections

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 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 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  

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 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