Mexico City's historic avenue Paseo de la Reforma is hosting its annual Festival of Cultural Friendship. Far from a proud display, the UK's booth shows a national identity in very bad health.
The core themes of a new book of Fred Halliday’s openDemocracy columns underline his work's enduring vitality, says David Hayes. [This article was first published on 23 March 2011}
The celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s sixty years on the throne coincides with the best of recent times for the British monarchy. The moment and the mood will pass, but the wider challenge to the institution’s paralysed opponents is enduring, says David Hayes.
An essay on the history of Argentina and its battles for independence. In the context of the debate over the future of the Falklands/Malvinas, which Argentina has long claimed, it sets out the story of how the grand country came about as a tribute of understanding from the UK. From OurKingdom.
An openDemocracy event on Friday, March 2nd 2012 7-9pm at The Hub, Kings Cross
A high-stakes constitutional tussle over the future of the United Kingdom is under way. The political transformation of Scotland since the 1950s will help to shape the outcome, says David Hayes.
Martin Wolf recognizes many of the ills of our existing economic arrangements, but his solutions involve little more than tinkering.
A sympathetic film portrayal of Britain’s most divisive modern prime minister fits a broader mood of reappraisal of her years in power, says David Hayes
The Institute of South Asian Studies at the University of Singapore hosts the following workshop in January:
Afghanistan in Transition: Beyond 2014?
ISAS presents an academic and policy endeavour enabling
London’s mayoral election might be overshadowed in 2012 by royal and Olympic pageants, but it’s more revealing of the city’s heartbeat than either, says David Hayes.
Economics of Good and Evil by Tomas Sedlacek
27. 11. 2011
7 PM, Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE. Admission: £12.50 (£10 concs.); Box Office: 020 7478
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