The government was forced this week to abandon a vote on a timetable for the Lords Reform Bill, kicking reform of the upper chamber into the long grass once more. Why didn't Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg propose a genuinely democratic House of Lords as part of a plan for a clean, strong politic
Preparing a new introduction of his Iron Britannia, Anthony Barnett is appalled at how relevant the book has become after 30 years. The combined impact of the 2008 financial crash and its economic consequences, alongside defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan, expose once again the foundations of Britain
This piece is part of our debate 'The Great British Summer?'.
Anthony Barnett:
I was in Scotland during the Jubilee for a family celebration of Tom Nairn'
How the titular head of the Royal Pageant turns out to be a cold, mean landlord who trades on good will towards the Queen but closes the best Deli in London for a few more shillings
Anthony Barnett, Chair of the ourBeeb Steering Group, responds to a question about transparency and the goals of the project.
OurKingdom announces the launch of a new six month debate on the most important cultural and current affairs instution in Britain.
The collaboration of the Blair government with Gaddafi may well be revealed in full detail thanks to material discovered in Tripoli and the investigations of the Mail.
The author of Iron Britannia revists the arguments over the Falklands War to observe that what at the time seemed to be a mixture colonial throwback and nostagic re-enactment of the spirit of 1940 proved to be a harbinger of the post Cold-War hi-tech 'projections' of force.
