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Identity, Empire and the Culture War

Byline Times explores the weaponisation of Britain's past as a key tool in a dark project of division and distraction

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The Identity Trap: No One Narrative Can Encompass the Different Dimensions of Diversity

, 18 November 2022
As Britain welcomes its first Asian Prime Minister, Hardeep Matharu explores how our pluralistic society is reflected in the multiplicity of its migrant experience – as demonstrated by the different reactions to Rishi Sunak’s rise 

The Right-Wing Bid to Capture the National Trust Exposed

, 27 October 2022
With days to go before the National Trust’s members choose its new council, the ‘Restore Trust’ group is campaigning in a manner that scarcely inspires trust. Brian Cathcart reports

EXCLUSIVE ‘The Dark Heart of Trussonomics: The Mainstreaming of Libertarian Theories of Social Darwinism and Apartheid’

, 10 October 2022
The legacy of the Nazi ideology of eugenics – popularised by Charles Murray’s controversial book 'The Bell Curve' – goes some way to explaining Trussonomics, writes Nafeez Ahmed

British Identity: The Empire’s Spectacle

, 22 September 2022
The mourning of the Queen’s death has been, largely unconsciously, a nation in a state of 'appearing', writes Joe Haward

‘Out of the Picture: After the Queen’s Death, Will Britain Finally Confront Itself?’

, 15 September 2022
Britain has hidden a key part of our story from ourselves. With the Queen’s death marking a decisive shift, it’s time for us all to start building a better picture of our country and its past, writes Hardeep Matharu

Seven Decades of Social Progress – But is the UK Heading Backwards?

, 12 September 2022
The Byline Intelligence Team digs into the story of the past 70 years in data

The Identity Trap: Race, Representation and the Rise of Conservative Diversity

, 11 August 2022
Rishi Sunak is in the running to be Britain’s first prime minister of colour – but the debate around whether this will be a good thing for ethnic minorities has laid bare conflicting ideas about the 'individual' and the 'collective', writes Hardeep Matharu

EXCLUSIVE Male, Pale and Colonial: Russell Group Universities Dominated by Named Buildings Reflective of a Bygone Era

, 26 April 2022
Max Colbert investigates the backgrounds of those commemorated on leading university campuses

The Government’s Rwanda Plan is a Relic of a Colonial Age

, 21 April 2022
Britain's historic hostility towards migration – by politicians of all stripes – has laid the groundwork for Priti Patel's controversial plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda, says Thomas Perrett

Backwards Britain: Having Rejected a European Future, We Can Only Hark Back to an Imperial Past

, 5 April 2022
Hardeep Matharu explores how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has exposed the UK's perilous retreat – at a time when collaboration and a new vision of itself is required to navigate the dangerous realities of a changing world

Are the Royals Trapped in a Gilded Cage – Or Is Britain?

, 31 March 2022
Is the Royal Family trapped by Britain's past or is the problem our inability to conceive of a social order without monarchy?

Jeremy Clarkson, The Sunday Times and the Slave Trade: Some Basic Failures of Journalism

, 24 March 2022
In his eagerness to whitewash British history, Clarkson didn’t do quite enough research to get his facts straight, says Brian Cathcart

Opening Our Eyes to the Cost of Empire: Why We Must Demand the Return of Nigeria’s Benin Bronzes

, 16 February 2022
Paddy Docherty explains how research for his book on the 1897 invasion of the Kingdom of Benin left him ashamed – an emotion he believes must be converted into action

The Far-Right Attack on Education From Poland to the UK and US

, 8 February 2022
The superintendent of Poland's Małopolska province is seeking to ban anti-racist, pro-human rights groups from working with students – but the attack on progressive education goes beyond Polish borders

The Colston Four: It is the Attorney General Who Seeks to Set a ‘Dangerous Precedent’

, 10 January 2022
The four defendants were found not guilty of criminal damage for removing the statue of the slave trader in Bristol – the rule of law in Britain will be significantly eroded, says Gareth Roberts

The Nationality and Borders Bill is a Legacy of Empire

, 13 December 2021

Colonial Amnesia: The Forgotten Victims of Transportation

, 11 November 2021

A War Christmas: What Exactly Are We Remembering?

, 11 November 2021

Fake History: The New Brexiter Great Crusade

, 7 September 2021

Past Imperfect: Astroturfing History

, 2 September 2021

Englishness Evolves

, 14 July 2021

Another Country: From Cool Britannia to Nationalist Hubris

, 3 March 2021

From Folklore to Wokelore: How Myths of Britishness are Turning Totalitarian

, 18 February 2021
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