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Britain
Books & Arts
A little knowledge
Andrew Ford
7 November 2016
England’s most famous composer is less English than he might seem
Correspondents
Labour’s problem with women
David Hayes
1 October 2016
The long walk to equality in Britain is embroiled in cyberbullying and a party’s civil war
Correspondents
Brexitannia: a state in limbo
David Hayes
16 August 2016
Britain is paralysed by its decision to leave the European Union, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Anthony Sampson, the inside-outsider
David Hayes
29 July 2016
The anatomist of Britain and ally of South African freedom, born ninety years ago, was a pioneer in journalism, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain’s velvet regime change
David Hayes
14 July 2016
The post-Brexit rise of Theresa May is fleeting balm for a troubled country, says
David Hayes
International
The political imperative for a legal war
Gabrielle Appleby
13 July 2016
Britain’s highest legal officer was under enormous pressure to give the legal okay for the war in Iraq, writes
Gabrielle Appleby
. Australia can learn from the fallout
National Affairs
What Chilcot means for Australia
Judy Betts
8 July 2016
Deft media management took the sting out of Australia’s first inquiry into the decision to go to war in Iraq, writes
Judy Betts
Correspondents
A post-Brexit election
David Hayes
5 July 2016
Britain’s media finds in Australia’s drama some relief from the country’s own, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Jeremy Corbyn, the vanishing commissar
David Hayes
1 July 2016
British Labour’s MPs are mutinous, its leader defiant, its members divided. What now, asks
David Hayes
Books & Arts
What it means to be British
Jane Goodall
27 June 2016
Television
| Who are these people, and how different are they?
Correspondents
England’s we-the-people revolt
David Hayes
27 June 2016
Europe, outsiders, parties, experts, London, the United Kingdom itself – all were rejected in Britain’s referendum, says
David Hayes
National Affairs
What Brexit means for Australia
Saul Eslake
26 June 2016
The greatest immediate danger is contagion in the financial markets, writes
Saul Eslake.
Longer term, there are legitimate grievances to be dealt with
International
Reaping the whirlwind
John Quiggin
26 June 2016
Without a coherent alternative to finance-driven economic policies, the tribalism represented by the Brexit vote will triumph, argues
John Quiggin
Correspondents
The great British crack-up
David Hayes
24 June 2016
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union propels an old country into a new world, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain on the edge
David Hayes
20 June 2016
An MP’s murder sheds a harsh light on a polarised country, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Ireland’s evolutionary past
David Hayes
16 June 2016
Dublin’s commemoration of the Easter 1916 rising against British rule had an inclusive message but a political undertow, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain’s Brexit blues
David Hayes
3 June 2016
The duel over Britain’s place in Europe is a feast of acrimony, says
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
London’s palace of mirrors
David Hayes
13 May 2016
A troubled start to this week’s anti-corruption summit revealed some home truths about Britain, writes
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
Britain’s festival of democracy
David Hayes
10 May 2016
A Pakistani immigrant’s child and a fearless gay Scot are among the stars of Thursday’s UK-wide elections. They show that politics can work, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Cameron’s tax trauma
David Hayes
11 April 2016
The Panama Papers have thwacked Britain’s prime minister. But he’s not out yet, says
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
Britain’s first modern prime minister
David Hayes
15 March 2016
Harold Wilson, born a century ago this month, imprinted himself on the public imagination, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Fred Halliday’s futurity
David Hayes
1 March 2016
Six years after his death, the work of a protean internationalist scholar has never been more relevant, writes
David Hayes
Books & Arts
Jonathan Coe’s “Number 11”: art vs politics
David Hayes
12 January 2016
Books
| A multilayered portrait of divided Britain is trapped by its animating spirit, writes
David Hayes
Correspondents
The spies who came out of the dark
David Hayes
14 December 2015
The allure of the secret service in the British imagination is also the entry code to citizens’ data, writes
David Hayes
in London
National Affairs
Labor’s perception problem
Peter Brent | Mumble
6 November 2015
Election victories in Britain and Canada show the Labor Party where more work is needed, writes
Peter Brent
Correspondents
David Cameron: destiny deferred
David Hayes
24 October 2015
Britain’s prime minister is a proven winner at the polls. Now he faces an even bigger test, says
David Hayes
Books & Arts
From Agamemnon to Blair: portraits in failed political leadership
Stephen Mills
15 September 2015
Theatre
| A new production of Aeschylus’
Oresteia
has urgent contemporary relevance, writes
Stephen Mills
in London
Correspondents
After the Corbyn cult
David Hayes
14 September 2015
British Labour has chosen its most left-wing leader ever, writes
David Hayes
in London. The lessons for democracy are profound
Correspondents
Europe’s, and Britain’s, migration fix
David Hayes
8 September 2015
An influx of neighbours is testing Europe’s unity and values, and Britain’s instinct for semi-detachment, writes
David Hayes
in London
International
Hong Kong’s disrupted narrative
Kerry Brown
25 August 2015
Hong Kong is testing the limits of a hybrid system tailored to the needs of Mainland China, writes
Kerry Brown
. And the results will be closely watched in the West
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