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South Africa’s ANC, like the Tories, rides the ‘tiger’ of populism
Drunk on hubris, the UK’s Tory party has followed a populist path to instability. The ANC and its opposition peers follow a similar path
For Africans, the British empire was neither benign nor good
Britain consolidated its rapacious theft of territories in Africa and Asia during the reign of Elizabeth II’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria
Tobacco and a tipple gave comfort during times of war
Allied forces in the two world wars were provided with cigarettes. The anti-smoking Nazis used taxes on tobacco to help fill Germany’s depleted coffers
How the coronavirus pandemic could get Trump re-elected
US President Donald Trump is good at channelling voters’ anger. And anger about the effects of Covid-19 is a factor that could help him win another term
Richard Calland: Covid-19 can have positive outcomes
Democracy and social welfare may get a boost and blind capitalism may see that it’s unsustainable
Colonialism was a disaster and the facts prove it
An academic article asserting the benefits of colonialism caused an outcry and resulted in calls for its removal
‘The teeth that saved the world’
A set of dentures made for Britain’s war-time prime minister, Winston Churchill, went under the hammer on Thursday.
Hitler wax figure sparks controversy in Berlin
Plans to include an Adolf Hitler figure in the new Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds wax museum are being condemned by critics, who say displaying the dictator is tasteless and…
Brown’s party routed in UK elections, loses London
Britain’s Labour Party suffered its worst local election defeat on record and lost control of London on Friday, forcing Prime Minister Gordon Brown to rethink his strategy to…
Brown and Bush reignite that special relationship
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday night set the seal on a new phase in Britain’s special relationship with the United States when he won ringing endorsements from…
Don King refuses to fade away
At an age when he could be forgiven for slipping on his favourite pair of slippers, relaxing in a fireside armchair and re-watching any one of the 500 or more world-title fights…
Football nations at war
”Italians lose wars as if they were football matches and football matches as if they were wars”, said Sir Winston Churchill. On matters of war and politics, he was most certainly…
Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth
Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll that came out on Monday, which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority…
Cuban cricket team caught out by US ban
More than a century ago, a war correspondent called Winston Churchill was dispatched to Cuba to cover the conflict with Spain. ”It may be that future years will see the island as…
Hard right’s hero shakes up Swiss politics
”It’s not like we’re England,” said the old woman sharing a flask of coffee with her middle-aged daughter on the train from Geneva to Zurich. ”They had the colonies, and we…