John Bull grasps the blue shrouded 'cholera' round its neck brandishing a club inscribed: "Heart of oak" and saying: "Now you rascal where are you going to". It replies: "I am going back again" while ...

This chapter and the following one investigate the role of national character within the framework of the ‘social sciences’. Granted that it would be unrealistic to assume that those who with growing ...

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In this notable piece of Boer War propaganda, the two sides of the Boer War slug it out. John Bull, Britain's doughty emblem (seen here without his trademark Union Jack waistcoat), is seconded by ...

Moore, R.J. 1986. The transfer of power: An historiographical survey. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 9, Issue. 1, p. 83.

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THE summer of 1970 was quite a time for rock and pop festivals in Britain. In July ... “Recently rediscovered photographs taken by Peter Bull show calm and content festival-goers, who resemble ...

William Blaxton, an eccentric loner and Anglican minister, settled Boston before the Puritans and Rhode Island before Roger Williams — and planted the first apple orchards in America.

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Here is the full text of Ed Davey's closing speech to Liberal Democrat Autumn 2024 Federal Conference in Brighton ...

Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle has had another tetchy exchange about the gifts accepted by Sir Keir Starmer, saying ...

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