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Jul 10, 2019 · Supposedly, in the aftermath of the Trojan War, a descendant of a survivor found an island named "Albion", that was inhabited by giants. He did what any sane...
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The Brexit vote has shaken modern politics forever, with the U.K. set to be the first country to ever leave the European Union. But after more than 40 years ...
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The post-war political settlement established by Clement Attlee’s government developed systems to tackle what William Beveridge identified as five giant evil...
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Sep 11, 2015 · In the twelfth century Geoffrey of Monmouth called that bigger landmass Greater Britain to distinguish it from Lesser Britain, which wasn’t Ireland but Brittany. And then they forgot about it all for another long stretch of time.
The world used to be joined in one super-continent, which broke up into separate parts. But Britain and France aren’t on the border of two tectonic plates. So how did they split?
Nov 21, 2023 · Watch the launch of How Did Britain Come To This?: A century of systemic failures of governance, by Gwyn Bevan. Free to read and download via Open Access.
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Britain gained the German colony of Tanganyika and part of Togoland in Africa, while its dominions added other colonies. Britain gained League of Nations mandates over Palestine, which had been partly promised as a homeland for Jewish settlers, and Iraq. Iraq became fully independent in 1932.
