This England: How improbable
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The Queen’s greatest act
Craig Brown’s A Voyage Around the Queen shows how Elizabeth II reflected her subjects back at themselves.
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Prince Harry’s war on the Windsors
How a fraternal dispute became a full-blown existential crisis for the monarchy.
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The number of bank holidays in the UK is lower than most countries in Europe
People in Malta, Austria, Iceland and Portugal typically receive around two weeks or more of public holidays. England and Wales…
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The lessons of King Charles’s first Christmas speech
The King largely avoided politics in the ecumenical message he had been waiting decades to deliver.
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What is there left of Princess Diana, 25 years after her death?
Twenty-five years after her death, Diana Spencer has been eclipsed by monuments and myth.
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The innocent insidiousness of “Where are you from?”
People of colour are all too familiar with Lady Hussey’s question to Ngozi Fulani.
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Why the Koh-i-Noor diamond represents empire
It’s a lightning rod for resentment of colonial loot and a symbol of what the British took from India.
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Should we have a statue of the Queen in Trafalgar Square?
It’s not as straightforward as a culture war between Sadiq Khan and right-wing royalists.
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Keir Starmer shows off Labour’s harmony with national anthem
Singing “God Save the King” to open Labour conference was a risk, but the trouble-free rendition demonstrated the leader’s control…
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Notes on a mourning nation
On the streets of London after the Queen’s death, our writer found grief, apathy – and a startling sense of…
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Letter of the week: New model monarch
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Howard Jacobson’s Diary: Mourners in Westminster, sweet treats in Soho, and shedding a tear for the Queen
You go out walking, hear a bell toll, read a soppy message on a bunch of roses and the next…
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Why we should celebrate British sentimentality
The emotional openness shown after the death of the Queen makes us a better and kinder country.
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The Queue wasn’t just about grief, but our deep need to be part of something bigger
People were there not merely for the coffin, but for the experience of waiting for it.
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Britain’s final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II
However her life is memorialised, the Queen has become a conduit for the grief many feel about relatives who have…
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The Queen’s funeral: timings and details
The Westminster Abbey service will be one of the century’s great diplomatic events.
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The world’s longest reigning monarchs in world history
Only France’s Louis XIV served for longer on the throne.
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Could today’s bank holiday push the UK into recession?
The extra bank holiday for the Queen's funeral could cost the British economy £2bn.
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Who will be attending the Queen’s funeral?
The guest list is expected to include previous prime ministers, world leaders and European royals.
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