Fiction, Fact and Future

…and crystal clear, it’s based on a deep, personal practice-based knowledge of the EU as a working economic and political organisation.’ Anthony Glees, University of Buckingham ‘There are very few…

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Art, Imagination and Public Service

…currently Professor of Politics in Practice at the University of Sheffield. MICHEAL O’SIADHAIL is a poet. His Collected Poems was published in 2013, One Crimson Thread in 2015, and The…

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Major

…Minister in 1990 only three years after entering the Cabinet. He enjoyed great popularity in his early months as Prime Minister, as he seemed more caring than his iron predecessor,…

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Heath

…becoming the Father of the House in 1992. DENIS MACSHANE was Minister for Europe and Deputy Foreign Secretary. Before entering Parliament he worked for the international trade union movement and…

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Simone de Beauvoir

…out of the life. It’s a book that’s attentive to de Beauvoir’s times and alive to her urgent relevance to ours.’ Dr Lara Feigel, author of Free Woman ‘… an…

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Mary Seacole

…she was born a ‘free person,’ the daughter of a black mother and white Scottish army officer. Ron Ramdin – who, like Seacole, was born in the Caribbean and emigrated…

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A Journey Into Russia

…country whose contradictions, attractions and absurdities are still largely unknown to many people outside her borders. JENS MÜHLING studied literature at the Free University of Berlin and in Norwich, at…

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Thatcher

…of the language, referring to her own brand of aggressive ‘conviction’ politics which rejected the broad consensus (characteristic of British attitudes since World War II), promoting instead the free play…

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Lloyd George

…a partial end the long-running problem of Home Rule by giving independence in 1921 to the Irish Free State. After a clear Conservative victory in the election of 1922, Lloyd…

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The Words of My Father

…peace advocate. He previously worked for the Palestinian Diplomatic Delegation to the United States. Visit Yousef’s website here. Find Yousef on Twitter @Yousefksb     Watch Yousef’s interview with Yossi…

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