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May 8, 2023
Timothy Noah
To Hold a Coronation, Britain Suppressed Free Speech. That’s Insane.
The monarchy used to be quaint. As of Saturday, it’s a menace.
February 22, 2022
Walter Shapiro
The Fragility of American and European Unity in the Face of Putin’s Aggression
Biden, like his German counterpart, is asking his country to sacrifice for the greater good of punishing Russia. Will British Prime Minister Boris Johnson do the same?
June 21, 2021
Alex Shephard
England Now Has a Junior Varsity Version of the Fox News Channel
Critics are concerned about w hat newly launched GB News will do to the United Kingdom. For now, at least, they have little to fear.
September 10, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi Is a Hall of Wonders
The follow-up to the bestselling “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” is a fraction of its length but has far more heft.
October 22, 2019
Samuel Earle
The White Cliffs of Brexit
The port of Dover is expected to be paralyzed by Britain's departure from the European Union. So why are its residents so desperate to leave?
June 27, 2019
MagazineRoy Scranton
How John Hersey Bore Witness
The author of Hiroshima showed the world the realities of American power.
November 13, 2018
Samuel Earle
Enter Boris?
How the court jester of post-truth politics has positioned himself to become Britain’s next prime minister
May 11, 2018
Elizabeth Drew
America Gets It Wrong on Iran—Again
Donald Trump’s decision to leave the Iranian nuclear deal continues a rich tradition of U.S. fecklessness.
February 21, 2018
David Adler
Right-Wing Populism Can’t Fix Globalization
How yesterday’s champions of economic nationalism became today’s servants of the global elite
June 30, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Sounds like Boris Johnson got played.
June 30, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Boris Johnson brought Britain to the precipice. And now, shockingly, he’s just going to walk away.
June 29, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Jeremy Corbyn can’t get no respect.
June 28, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Labour is in total disarray.
June 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
David Cameron will give Boris Johnson precisely enough rope to hang himself with.
June 27, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
How about a Brexit do-over?
June 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
Referendums are bad.
June 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
Where does the EU go from here?
June 24, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
David Cameron will go do down as the most craven British prime minister since Neville Chamberlain.
June 24, 2016
Jeet Heer
Great Britain has voted to leave the European Union.
June 22, 2016
Noah Millman
Would a Brexit Really Be So Crazy?
It might be just the wake-up call the European Union needs.

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