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Power Elites and the Limits of Representation
Born to Rule makes it clear that wealth and inheritance, not merit, are still the way to get ahead in Britain. Its case for a ...
In Civilization VII, Empires Rise and Stereotypes Start to Fall
The turn-based strategy game has two Ph.D. historians on the design team and a palpable appreciation of cultures across the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
No dynasty has crumbled in Super Bowl like the Chiefs – can they recover?
The Chiefs went from the verge of a three-peat to a Super Bowl embarrassment. Can Kansas City regroup to save its dynasty?
GB News on MSN4d
Schoolchildren 'should not be taught greatness of British Empire', Bridget Philipson told amid major curriculum shake-up
Schoolchildren should not be taught about the "greatness of the British Empire", an education charity has told Bridget ...
The Sunday Times4d
Did the 76 year curse end this Independence Day?
The NPP government had come to power mainly on the slogan to finally end the 76-year curse that began, as they said, the day the Union Jack was unfurled and, in its stead, the Lion flag hoisted to ...
A-list stars from Dawn French to John Lennon who turned down honours in Royal Family snub
Being honoured by the Royal Family is arguably one of the greatest things a person could receive, but there are several ...
The Falklands War heralded the end of British decline – the Chagos betrayal shows it’s back
The Chagos fiasco may yet do for Keir Starmer. As well as being calamitous in itself, it confirms the negatives that voters ...
Pupils should not be taught ‘greatness’ of British Empire, Bridget Phillipson told
Children should stop being taught about the “greatness of the British Empire” as part of the Government’s curriculum shake-up ...
Opinion
Why it's time to abolish the British Council, an out-dated colonial throwback
The British Council seems like a feeble leftover from the days of Empire when to have been born English was to ‘have won the lottery of life’ ...
The American Spectator4d
Never Had It So Bad: The Decline of the Great British Empire
It was during a Tory rally on July 20, 1957, organized to commemorate 25 years of public service by Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, ...
Middle East Eye5d
The Middle East's longest-reigning king heads into a standoff with Trump
Jordan opposes Trump's Gaza 'takeover' plan, but it has few cards left to play outside of hoping US president understands how ...