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The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity – an assumption reflected in Pocahontas’ portrait.
The leading parties that have dominated British politics for decades are badly wounded, and nationalism is also rising in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The search for Apongo is a small part of historians’ ongoing work to recreate the lives of Africans taken in the transatlantic slave trade.
There is growing recognition that the breakdown of the global climate, and vulnerability to its effects, are deeply rooted in histories of colonialism.
Operation Legacy highlights the repercussions faced when people with power determine what information is available to interpret events of the past.
10,000 children, from mostly Jewish families, were saved from the Nazis by the Kindertransport visa-waiver scheme, which started in 1938.
Opponents of the U.K. government’s Northern Ireland Troubles Act argue it violates the Good Friday Agreement by denying victims their right to justice.
Ghana is a signatory to several international conventions that oblige it to guarantee the right to life.
Fuel for the American Revolution came from a source familiar today: distorted news reports used to drum up enthusiasm for overthrowing an illegitimate government.
Queen Elizabeth harnessed goodwill from Canadians mostly as an individual, rather than as the hereditary head of an institution. But her death will lead to debate about the relevance of the monarchy.
Britain’s households are facing a cold winter but its power market could learn something from neighbouring systems to avert a crisis
We’re driving for longer than ever before and, in the UK, there’s no requirement for a GP to tell us we might be up to the task.
A church service marking Northern Ireland’s centenary has stirred up debate. But amid the past few years’ tensions, the island’s Christian leaders have coordinated closely.
For 200 years, a small number of countries have exploited the marine wildlife of Antarctica, often with devastating impact on their populations.
Candidates from both the right and the left use the escalator as a metaphor for the economic perils – and perks – of upward social mobility.
Descendants from the Pilgrims were keen to highlight their ancestors’ role in the country’s founding. But their sanitized version of events is only now starting to be told in full.
People who support Brexit want different results from the UK’s departure from the EU – and they can’t all get what they want.
US history is filled with instances where one partisan side charges that the other side’s positions will lead to national ruin. Now, both sides accuse the other of betraying their country.
Not just period pieces, the 2017 films “Dunkirk” and “Darkest Hour” shed light on the intense Brexit debate, and raise important questions about Britain’s fundamental identity.
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Distinguished Professor and Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Professor of Local and Regional Development, Newcastle University
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Bradley Professor of English Literature and Pro Vice-Principal, University of Glasgow
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Professor of British civilisation, Université Bordeaux Montaigne
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Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Director of Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
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Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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