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The story of the blitz is a familiar one: Londoners taking shelter in the city’s underground stations; cheerful cockneys singing to keep their spirits up while bombs rained down; the heroism of air raid wardens, firefighters and many others. But above all, the defiance and sense of unity that rose…

Brief letters: Lessons on war history | Noël Coward’s multitasking | Morris dancing at rugby | Nether regions | Top Tory failures

Expert analysis backs our policy and its benefits for the country. Defeatist critics should take note, says Ed Miliband, secretary of state for energy security and net zero

The long read: Over the past 20 years, the symbol of remembrance for the war dead has become increasingly ubiquitous – and a culture of poppy policing has grown with it

State-owned Neso says Britain could be net exporter of green electricity by end of decade at no extra cost

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson is holding it together in the face of a series of unfortunate events

The Prime Minister faced questions on whether Britain may regain use of Eurodac, a key database used to store the fingerprints of asylum seekers.

Kemi Badenoch’s victory as the new leader of the Conservative Party was marred by hateful comments from those on the extreme right and left. Yes, shockingly the right were as unhappy as the left about a black woman becoming the leader of Britain’s oldest political party. One particular person on…

Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy says reparations for the U.K.’s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country’s position that leans toward focusing on the future

In the late 1740s, Samuel Meadwell arrived in London. A “raw country fellow” from Northamptonshire, he had come to work as a distiller’s apprentice and hoped to make his fortune.

Traditionally, Britain was regarded as the class society. And class was pre-eminent among the factors used to explain political party allegiance. In broad terms, working-class voters chose Labour, the party set up to represent them. Middle-class voters chose the Conservatives, the party that represented homeowners and business owners.