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King Charles Should Get Ready to Abdicate

Conor Friedersdorf

September 15, 2022

After the Queen, What Is Britain?

September 11, 2022

Picture of the back of Queen Elizabeth II

No One Performed Britishness Better Than Her Majesty

September 9, 2022

Queen Elizabeth waving on television

How She Did It

September 9, 2022

A black-and-white photograph of the Queen bearing the orb

The Queen of the World

September 8, 2022

Picture of Queen Elizabeth II at 26 years old in 1952

I’m the Driver Now

August 20, 2022

A person in their car with a double-decker bus outside

For Britain’s Tories, the Answer Is Always Margaret Thatcher

August 4, 2022

An illustration featuring an image of Margaret Thatcher, with Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak in the background.

Why Britain Changed Its China Stance

August 2, 2022

A door with the British flag opens to reveal the Chinese flag

The British Right Doesn’t Want to Hear Doubts

July 27, 2022

The Work of Giants Crumbles

July 26, 2022

David Trimble sits on a sofa across from Bill Clinton

The World Is Burning Once Again

July 19, 2022

Two people stand in front of a burned building.

Ignore the Chaos. Britain’s System Is Working.

July 15, 2022

A series of cogs embossed with the British flag

Britain’s Surprisingly Diverse Tories

July 13, 2022

A group of senior Conservative officials in Downing Street, London.

What Brexit Did to Boris Johnson—And Britain

July 7, 2022

Boris Johnson with a sign reading "Get Brexit Done."

What’s Better in Britain

July 4, 2022

A statue of Britannia in a formal garden

Irish Unity Is Inevitable. We Should Get on Board.

June 28, 2022

A boy stands in front of unionist murals in West Belfast.

Britain’s Unbridgeable Divide

June 20, 2022

A drawing of the Union Jack with the red lines turned into arrows pointing outward

Boris Johnson Has Only Delayed the Inevitable

June 6, 2022

A drawing of Boris Johnson

Europe’s Ireland Problem Is Here to Stay

May 19, 2022

The letters "IRA" are spray-painted on a speed-limit sign.

‘We’re Not Going to Make That Mistake Again’

May 9, 2022

Liz Truss is holding a binder and walking down a street.

The Truth About Irish Unity

May 7, 2022

An illustration of a green shamrock ripped in half and stitched back up

How Britain Falls Apart

January 5, 2022

St Pauls Cathedral on a foggy day

An Unlikely Threat to the Western Alliance

November 17, 2021

The phrase "No Irish Seaborder" is written on a wall.

Hedges Do Way More Than Block Your View

Katarina Zimmer and Knowable Magazine

November 13, 2021

A patchwork of fields on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall

Britain’s Distasteful Soccer Sellout

October 10, 2021

Newcastle United's football stadium stands out in the city.

Why Britain and France Hate Each Other

September 24, 2021

An illustrated collage of the British and French flags

Europe Should Drop the Act on Afghanistan

September 7, 2021

Boris Johnson walks alongside British troops.

The Surprising Politics of Antiques Roadshow

August 26, 2021

A silkscreen illustration of a Victorian harpsichord

Watch the U.K. to Understand Delta

August 3, 2021

Photo of people picnicking in a park

A Giant Chalk Figure Is Finally Starting to Make Some Sense

Keridwen Cornelius and Sapiens

July 11, 2021

The Cerne Abbas Giant

Why I’m Supporting England at Euro 2020

July 9, 2021

Two England players from 2021 placed over a photo of the 1966 team

What Euro 2020 Has Revealed About Englishness

July 8, 2021

England's national men's soccer team blurred in rainbow colors

The ‘Global Britain’ Conundrum

June 11, 2021

A fractured British flag with an arrow pointing right

The Pandemic Disaster That Might Not Matter

January 26, 2021

A collage of Boris Johnson, paramedics, the Union Jack, and charts of Britain's death toll

Will Someone Take Charge?

January 13, 2021

A child's hand is placed upon an adult's

Britain Failed. Again.

January 5, 2021

A man walks in front of Manchester Town Hall in the deserted center of Manchester after Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a lockdown on England.