Before the secret ballot, voting in Britain was a theatrical, violent and public affair. The Act that made democracy private turns 150 this year.
Today’s featured articles
Forget Tony Blair or Margaret Thatcher, says Klaus Larres; Winston Churchill was the supreme prevaricator when it came to giving up power.
Seth Alexander Thévoz looks at how Victorian clubs in London’s West End played a role in oiling the nation’s political wheels.
Douglas Johnson compares and contrasts the downfalls of Neville Chamberlain and Margaret Thatcher.
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On the Spot: Gene A. Jarrett
‘Being a careful analyst of history can help anticipate trends in the present and future.’
Gutter Press
Why did newspapers maintain a policy of isolationism in the midst of a world embroiled in war?
Hong Kong and the Huguenots
The city’s ‘one country, two systems’ policy was boldly pragmatic, but it was not the first time such an idea has been tried.
Is Algeria Still Defined by its Liberation Struggle?
On the 60th anniversary of its end, Algerian memory of the War of Independence remains a thorny issue.
Professor Ptthmllnsprts Versus Old Bones
The Water-Babies was a fairytale that straddled religion and science, railing against logical rationality in the face of nature’s mysteries.
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The Normans in Byzantium, the Secret Ballot, Prohibition in North Africa, a Soviet Embassy in Dublin, the Algerian War of Independence, cheese plants.
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