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The Week Recommends Tim Bouverie's 'old-fashioned diplomatic history' explores the often fraught relationship between world powers

By The Week UK Published 1 May 25

Today's Big Question Keir Starmer could follow a long line of prime ministers forced to swap festive cheer for the dreaded Christmas crisis

By The Week UK Published 24 December 24

The Explainer Eighty years ago, the Allies carried out the D-Day landings – a crucial turning point in the Second World War

By The Week UK Published 6 June 24

The Week Recommends Head inside a historic stately home, castle or farmhouse looked after by the charity

By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published 8 February 24

In Pictures Through her 70-year reign, the Queen greeted 15 prime ministers

By The Week Published 19 September 22

feature And other stories from the stranger side of life

By The Week Staff Published 24 August 22

Speed Read Hundreds of ‘Scallywag’ underground hideouts lie undiscovered in British countryside

By Joe Evans Published 4 January 21

In Depth Wartime leader celebrated as a hero but espoused racist views in his lifetime

By The Week Staff Last updated 9 June 20

In Depth Home Secretary Priti Patel describes the toppling as ‘utterly disgraceful’ vandalism

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 June 20

In Depth This year Europe will mark 75 years since the Allies declared victory over Germany

By The Week Staff Last updated 6 February 20

In Depth From the brutal conditions of medieval jails to the modern ‘rehabilitation not incarceration’ focus in Scandinavia

By Joe Evans Last updated 17 January 20

Speed Read Biographer Lord Dobbs says former PM suffered ‘appalling treatment’ at school

By The Week Staff Last updated 2 July 18