Roland Quinault
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Roland Quinault reviews Peter Marsh's account of the Chamberlain family. Published October 26 2011
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The great Russian author drew inspiration from the countryside and explored the practical and spiritual impact of trees on people, as well as on the environment and climate, Roland Quinault writes. Published August 27 2010
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Roland Quinault reviews Roy Hattersley's biography of David Lloyd George. Published August 25 2010
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Roland Quinault looks at how the Victorians saw the old English system of trial by jury as a defining feature of British good government and fair play and as an example to other nations. Admiration for the system at home and abroad, though, contrasted with the practical realities faced by 19th-century juries. Published April 17 2009
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Published March 12 2008
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Roland Quinault asks whether politicians from north of the Border have always dominated Parliament, as some people think is the case today. Tam Dalyell, Labour MP for West Lothian and Linlithgow 1962-2007, adds his own comments.
Published June 18 2007
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Roland Quinault finds alarming parallels for the recent London bomb attacks in the 1880s. Published August 17 2005
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Roland Quinault examines the career, speeches and writings of Churchill for evidence as to whether or not he was racist and patronizing to black peoples. Published May 18 2005
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Roland Quinault discusses Gladstone’s view of the Second Afghan War both in opposition and during his premiership. Published November 20 2002
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Roland Quinault adds to our Portrait of our Britain series by looking at the state of the islands immediately following the Second World War.
Published March 21 2001
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Three new books on the British statesman.
Published August 31 1993
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Ronald Quinault wonders what Churchill would have made of Maastricht in the light of his post-war activities. Published May 31 1992
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From John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, to the great wartime leader, Winston, and beyond, the long-established Churchill family business has been a political power in the land, as Roland Quinault explains here
Published August 31 1983
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Published August 31 1983
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