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Britain
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
Frank Bowden
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
Correspondents
A politics out of time
David Hayes
25 July 2013
The scale of Britain’s problems leaves its party and electoral systems struggling to catch up, says
David Hayes
International
Big brother
Klaus Neumann
15 July 2013
Popular unease about US surveillance of German citizens could pose a problem for Angela Merkel as national elections loom, writes
Klaus Neumann
Correspondents
Big Society vs DIY World
David Hayes
17 June 2013
Although it’s widely disdained, the very vagueness of David Cameron’s ambitious idea gives it resilience, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Ken Loach’s dreamland
David Hayes
28 April 2013
The renowned director’s new film, which uses the socialist mood of 1945 to assail the world Margaret Thatcher created, is bad history and worse politics, says
David Hayes
International
Force of nature
Carmela Ferraro
17 April 2013
Australian journalist Natalie Bennett has big ambitions for Britain’s Green Party.
Carmela Ferraro
talked to her in London
Correspondents
Britain’s military complex
David Hayes
12 April 2013
The grim conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have dulled the instinct for armed intervention. But it still runs deep in British political culture, writes
David Hayes
Books & Arts
Tears before bedtime
Richard Johnstone
3 April 2013
Richard Johnstone
reviews Richard Hughes’s
The Fox in the Attic
National Affairs
Citizenship by the booklet
Kerry Ryan
5 March 2013
Like Australia, Britain decided to make it harder for new arrivals to become citizens.
Kerry Ryan
looks at the mixed results
Correspondents
Britain and Europe: living together, apart
David Hayes
25 February 2013
The roots of ambivalence in Britain’s relationship with the European Union go deep, says
David Hayes
International
From scandal to reform: Leveson’s way forward
Rodney Tiffen
6 December 2012
The Leveson report's case for more rigorous press accountability was immediately undercut by David Cameron, but despite the cheers from the tabloids, the prime minister has backed…
Correspondents
Britain’s economic tunnel
David Hayes
3 December 2012
An endless recession has changed politics and livelihoods. But in a many-sided national argument there is no consensus about its lessons, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain’s political misty season
David Hayes
4 October 2012
The halfway point of Britain’s five-year parliament finds all of the parties under pressure to adapt to a changing environment, says
David Hayes
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