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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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OUR LIVES MATTER: Eurocentrism & the Privilege of Not Having to Care

, 31 July 2020
Airbrushing the crimes of European history fuels the structural racism and conscious apathy we see in modern Britain, argues Khadija Akhi Uddin

Government Snubs Windrush Group's Concerns Over Lack of Caribbean History Teaching

, 30 July 2020
The Government's inaugural Windrush summit led to a dispute over an absence of Caribbean history on the curriculum, reports Sam Bright

A British Route to Freedom for the Hong Kongers Left Frozen by Beijing's Chill

, 21 July 2020
Tommy Walker speaks to pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong about their future in the city, following the imposition of China's draconian national security law

A Blindspot in History: The Truth About Churchill

, 20 July 2020
Churchill Fellow Nishtha Chugh argues that Britain will only truly understand its imperial history with a fuller appreciation of its wartime leader's legacy

EXCLUSIVE Consulate Cables Leak: Documents Show Chinese Communist Party Justifying Brutality Against Uyghurs

, 10 July 2020
CJ Werleman reveals Beijing's propaganda efforts to cover-up its repression of millions of Chinese Muslims

In the COVID-19 Era, the Boomer Generation is Out of Touch

, 8 July 2020
COVID-19 signals the end of Boomer dominance over business, culture and the economy, writes Stephen Colegrave

Another Controversial Historian Uses Darren Grimes' Platform to Pursue Right-Wing Culture Wars

, 7 July 2020
After the furore over comments by historian David Starkey, Sam Bright reports on a second attempt to rewrite British imperial history in response to the Black Lives Matter movement

Prince Harry Calls Time on the System of Secrets and Lies Modern Britain is Built On

, 7 July 2020
Comments by the Queen’s grandson on the need to ‘right those wrongs’ from the past across the Commonwealth reveal why he is rebelling against the system that created him

The Last Protests? Has Beijing Finally Stifled the Flame of Freedom in Hong Kong?

, 3 July 2020
Tommy Walker reports with eyewitness accounts of this week's demonstrations in the former British colony and explores what Boris Johnson's offer of refuge means to the residents of Hong Kong

EXCLUSIVE Revealed: Boris Johnson's Hidden History of Islamophobia

, 1 July 2020
Iggy Ostanin unearths troubling new evidence of anti-Muslim racism in a rediscovered personal blog of Britain's Prime Minister

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