A high-quality film showing the 19th-century British monarch smiling and waving to the public in Ireland challenges history’s depiction of her as sullen and irritable.
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Boris Johnson Is Summoned to Court Over Brexit Claims
The former foreign secretary is accused of lying during the Brexit campaign by inferring that Britain paid 350 million pounds every week to the European Union.
Boris Johnson Is Summoned to Court Over Brexit Claims
The former foreign secretary is accused of lying during the Brexit campaign by inferring that Britain paid 350 million pounds every week to the European Union.
John Bercow Vows to Stay as Speaker, Asserting Parliament’s Brexit Role
The possibility that Britain’s next prime minister might lead the country out of the European Union without a withdrawal deal sets up a constitutional confrontation.
Britain Vowed Big Changes After Grenfell Tower Burned. Why Are Thousands Stuck in Firetraps?
Two years after the Grenfell inferno in London killed 72 people, hundreds of high-rise apartment buildings in England remain wrapped in flammable cladding — and safety rules are little changed.
Nigel Farage’s Populist Brexit Party Wins Big in European Parliament Elections
The party’s strong performance humiliated Britain’s governing Conservatives, whose leader, Prime Minister Theresa May, on Friday announced her resignation.
Nigel Farage’s Populist Brexit Party Wins Big in European Parliament Elections
The party’s strong performance humiliated Britain’s governing Conservatives, whose leader, Prime Minister Theresa May, on Friday announced her resignation.
European Election Results Show Growing Split Over Union’s Future
As both pro-E.U. and anti-E.U. forces seemed likely to claim some victories, the vote made clear that arguing over the future of the bloc would intensify.
In Contest to Succeed Theresa May, Stars Are Aligning for Boris Johnson
The divisive, charismatic Mr. Johnson, the ex-foreign secretary, is the leading candidate to succeed Mrs. May as Britain’s prime minister. The only person who can stop him may be Mr. Johnson himself.
Campaign Aims to Keep Judge’s Copy of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ in U.K.
The auctioned copy of D.H. Lawrence’s novel was used in perhaps the most famous British obscenity trial of the past century and has been designated a cultural treasure.