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Her Majesty The Queen: 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022
Otto English reflects on the passing of Britain's longest-reigning monarch
Liz Truss’ Leaked Acceptance Speech
Otto English has got his hands on Boris Johnson's successor's inaugural speech as PM
Ms Dorries Goes to the Barricades
Otto English has already imagined how the Culture Secretary could write up the last few tumultuous days in Westminster in her (in)imitable novelistic style
A War Christmas: What Exactly Are We Remembering?
Otto English explores how Remembrance Sunday has been commercialised and weaponised to feed hollow national myths
Fake History: The New Brexiter Great Crusade
In the second part of his look at Brexit 'campaigning' groups, Otto English explores the attempts of those trying to weaponise their versions of British history and turning it into an orthodoxy which cannot be challenged
Googlies for Global Britain
Otto English has been leaked the first draft of the list of trade envoys suggested by International Trade Secretary Liz Truss. Byline Times cannot guarantee its authenticity
England’s Upper Classes – A Dangerous Cult
Otto English shares the story of his late mother’s ‘double life’ and explores how class continues to define British society in damaging, limiting ways
Englishness Evolves
Otto English charts the different strands of English identity over the years and how a dark turn may now be giving way to something altogether more inclusive, decent and inspiring
A Tale Told by an Idiot: Exclusive Extracts from Boris Johnson's Book on Shakespeare
Otto English has procured an advanced copy of the Prime Minister's book on the Great Bard
England v Germany: A Short History of Losing It
As the two countries meet in the knockout stages of Euro 2020, Otto English explains why – when it comes to jingoism and disgrace – one side is always the loser
God Save the Queen: Still Jousting in the Junior Common Room
Otto English doesn't think the latest skirmish in the culture wars is a ‘dead cat’ but shows a generation of politicians bereft of ideas and obsessed with campus politics
The Apotheosis of Apophenia: Conspiratorial Minds
What links the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy to Coronavirus denial? Otto English has found a pattern...
The ‘War on Woke’ and the Great Free Speech Czar Paradox
Otto English explores why the Brexit battle’s successor should be pushed back against now – if Britain is to be stopped from continuing down a much darker path still
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