Comparisons with Watergate raise worrying prospects for News Corporation, writes Rodney Tiffen
03 May 12 Comments (0)A long reign and a lost republic
The celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s sixty years on the throne coincides with the best of recent times for the British monarchy. The moment will pass, but this offers little comfort to the institution’s paralysed opponents, says David Hayes
19 Apr 12 Comments (2)The matter of Scotland
A high-stakes constitutional tussle over the future of the United Kingdom is under way. The political transformation of Scotland since the 1950s will help to shape the outcome, says David Hayes
22 Feb 12 Comments (0)Margaret Thatcher, between myth and politics
A sympathetic film portrayal of Britain’s most divisive modern prime minister fits a broader mood of reappraisal of her years in power, says David Hayes
12 Jan 12 Comments (2)The intimate megacity
London’s mayoral election might be overshadowed in 2012 by royal and Olympic pageants, but it’s more revealing of the city’s heartbeat, says David Hayes
07 Dec 11 Comments (0)The smoke this time
An encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral in London casts a new light on this icon of British wartime defiance. But the epic days of the 1940s may have something to teach the protesters in return, says David Hayes
01 Nov 11 Comments (0)A country of the mind
The tendency to press reality into a heritage mould traps England in political aspic, says David Hayes
18 Sep 11 Comments (1)News Corp and the hackers: a scandal in two parts
With the Leveson inquiry into the British press starting work in London, Rodney Tiffen looks at what the phone-hacking scandal has revealed so far about media, politics and the police – and what’s likely to happen next
15 Sep 11 Comments (3)Never so good?
On the anniversary of the 2010 Australian election, Frank Bongiorno – just back from London – contrasts the challenges facing Britain and Australia
21 Aug 11 Comments (1)England on trial
Four days and nights of riotous disorder are a potent argument for social repair. But lack of agreement on fundamentals could soon prove fatal to the chances, says David Hayes
16 Aug 11 Comments (1)The brothers grim
Despite defeating his brother in a long and hard-fought leadership campaign, it’s still not clear what British Labour leader Ed Miliband stands for, writes Frank Bongiorno
10 Aug 11 Comments (0)British Labour’s blues
Frank Bongiorno looks at the growing influence of Labour peer Maurice Glasman on the British opposition party
26 Jul 11 Comments (3)A class apart
Is “merit” the new demarcation line in British society, asks Frank Bongiorno in London
21 Jul 11 Comments (0)Billy Hughes and the end of an Empire
BOOKS | Jill Kitson reviews a new account of the wartime leadership of the diminutive Australian prime minister
23 Apr 11 Comments (0)Friends of the family
Why did some British academics and universities get so close to Colonel Gaddafi, asks Frank Bongiorno in London
19 Apr 11 Comments (1)Living in two worlds
BOOKS | Despite the dominance of mainstream economics, important national differences prevail within the profession, writes Geoffrey Barker
06 Apr 11 Comments (0)The elusive Mr Logue
In London Frank Bongiorno looks at why Lionel Logue is portrayed as an Aussie larrikin in The King’s Speech
28 Mar 11 Comments (0)Black Dyke days
How do you compose for a brass band? Andrew Ford went to Yorkshire to find out
15 Mar 11 Comments (1)The paradox at the heart of Labor’s review
Like its British counterpart, the Labor Party is grappling with wider, conflicting trends in political participation, writes Rob Manwaring
01 Mar 11 Comments (0)Life in the UK: the exam
In London, Ian Henderson finds that Britain’s migration test reveals more about its authors than they would ever have anticipated
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