Boudica (also written as Boadicea) was a Celtic queen who led a revolt against Roman rule in ancient Britain in A.D. 60 or 61. As all of the existing information about her comes from Roman scholars, particularly Tacitus and Cassius Dio, little is known...
Lire la suite« Diviser les 27 pour obtenir un meilleur Brexit. » La vieille devise impériale est remise au goût du jour par la première ministre britannique à quatre mois de l’échéance qu’elle s’est fixée pour ouvrir la procédure de divorce avec l’Union européenne....
Lire la suiteFor five days in December 1952, London gasped for air. A toxic fog smothered the British capital, paralyzing the city and blackening out the sun. Take a look back at the worst air pollution disaster in British history, which is estimated to have killed...
Lire la suiteTheresa May is heading for an 11-0 defeat when the Supreme Court justices rule on whether Parliament must approve starting Brexit, a law professor has predicted. Professor Michael Zander QC said the High Court judges who ruled the Prime Minister could...
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Image copyright BARCROFT IMAGES Image caption The document referred to Brexit talks and the EU single market The government has distanced itself from a page of Brexit notes caught on camera in Westminster. The handwritten notes, carried by an aide to...
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Old images of a past England have been collected for the first time in a new book. The charming pictures in Lost England, taken between 1870 and 1930, show the country when it was a world power. While many appear to depict quaint scenes of rural idyll,...
Lire la suiteElue Premier ministre britannique en 1979, Margareth Thatcher lance le pays dans une politique de libéralisation à outrance : déréglementation des prix, des salaires, de la finance, privatisations, réduction du pouvoir des syndicats, etc. Une politique...
Lire la suiteIt's true that her role as the British head of state is largely ceremonial, and the Monarch no longer holds any serious power from day to day. The historic "prerogative powers" of the Sovereign have been devolved largely to government ministers. But this...
Lire la suiteThe Queen could lose a million pounds in lost farming subsidies every year after Brexit is initiated, estimate Buckingham Palace aides. When EU subsidies finish, Royal aides suggest the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk will lose £700,000 a year with...
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