Boris Johnson: the man who got Brexit done
Like all trade deals, the agreement involves elements of compromise. But the concessions come from both sides. Johnson’s negotiators were able to protect their red lines
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Author: Pat Murphy
Eisenhower was cagey but Kennedy rushed in
In 1961, as a young president prepared to take over from an aging one, their perspectives on military responsibility were starkly different
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Cary Grant was a complicated, brilliant creation
Grant may have lacked formal education and been a troubled soul, but he was nobody’s fool when it came to practising his trade and taking care of business
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Ruth Ellis the last hanged woman in Britain
Ruth Ellis’ beauty and glamour couldn’t save her from the gallows for the murder of her boyfriend
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Father Brown is G.K. Chesterton’s most durable creation
He was an early and vocal critic of Nazism. He was also an unapologetic opponent of eugenics and derisive towards the concept of racial purity
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