The fully functioning 18-karat gold toilet, an artwork estimated to be worth $5.9 million, was stolen in 2019 from an exhibition at a stately British home.
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Prime Minister Liz Truss’s Dizzying First Week
Ms. Truss took over a British government facing an economic emergency. But those problems have been eclipsed by the queen’s death, an epochal event that has put politics on hold.
Liz Truss Takes Over as Prime Minister and Promises Action on Energy
Liz Truss takes over as prime minister at a time of deepening economic crisis. Her first cabinet appointments reward loyalists who supported her bid for office.
Churchill Portrait Disappears in Art Heist in Canada
An original print of the famous photograph taken by Yousuf Karsh is missing after staff at a hotel in Ottawa realized last week that someone had swapped it for a fake.
Boris Johnson Calls Russia War ‘Ukraine’s Finest Hour’
In the first address by a foreign leader to Ukraine’s Parliament, Britain’s prime minister burnished his credentials as a supporter of the resistance to Russia.
Walls, Dreams and Genocide: Zelensky’s Speeches Invoke History to Rally Support
The Ukrainian leader, a former actor, has invoked emotional moments in the history of nations from which he is hoping to secure backing. We look at five of his recent speeches.
Clarissa Eden, British Countess and Political Influencer, Dies at 101
The iconoclastic niece of Winston Churchill, she was married to Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who was at the helm during the Suez crisis.
Eighty Years Later, Biden and Johnson Revise the Atlantic Charter for a New Era
The original was the work of Churchill and Roosevelt at the dawn of World War II. The new version pledges cooperation against 21st century global challenges and rivalries.
‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ May Not Work in a Time of Pandemic
Eighty years after Londoners rallied in the face of the deadly German Blitz, many are flouting the rules aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.
U.K. Conservation Society Details Links to Colonialism and Slavery
The National Trust said a third of the properties it manages had direct links to colonialism or slavery. Some have a “hugely uncomfortable” history, it said.