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Published: January 6, 2021 at 12:39 pm Ellie Cawthorne: Your new book looks at Brexit, but from the perspective of a longer history of the relationship between Britain and Europe. What made you want to write this book? Advertisement Robert Tombs: Our ideas about Europe, our relationship with Europe and the difficulties of that relationship – the whole European project, in fact – are all essentially based on an understanding of the past (and hence of the present), and expectations about the future. You could write endless books about Brexit and the EU, analysing political structu...

COMMENT Scotland is making it abundantly clear that it doesn't intend to stray away from Europe anytime soon EXACTLY a year ago, few would have thought that 2021 would start the way it did. The UK stared down the barrel of a No-Deal Brexit until the very last minute and the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to deal severe blows to the country. This year will be a period of readjustment, not just for businesses but for citizens as well. The end of freedom of movement for the UK means that from January 1 newcomers fell under the new points-based immigration system which...

THERE was much to admire about John le Carré, the master of the spy thriller who died after a short illness last Saturday evening. Le Carré, whose real name was David Cornwell, died in a cottage near Land’s End which he had bought so he could be miles away from London and “all that had gone wrong with a once great capital city”. Le Carré was one of England’s finest writers and a great chronicler of national loss. His books about the curious world of espionage were compelling and more so because they became a metaphor for the decline of Britain. Le Carré was fascinated by the e...

John Balliol Send to Google Classroom: John Balliol ruled as the king of Scotland from 1292 to 1296 CE. He was supported by Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307 CE) in the competition to find the successor to the heirless Alexander III of Scotland (r. 1249-1286 CE), a process known as the Great Cause. John's reign came to a swift end in 1296 CE when Edward I decided to conquer Scotland. The Scottish king was publicly stripped of his royal title and insignia, hence his nickname of Toom Tabard ('Empty Coat'). When the Scots fought back against English oppression, they chose a new king, Robert the...

Parisians: ‘We love Britain’s culture, its energy, its people. It’s sad you don’t love us too’ Peter Allen and Kim Willsher © AFP/Getty Images Boulinier bookshop in Paris, noted for its English-language titles. At the Châtelet branch of Boulinier, a Paris bookshop that has stocked English language books since 1845, shoppers were yesterday reflecting on a spate of British newspaper headlines threatening to send Royal Navy gunboats to board invading French trawlers in the event of a failure to agree a trade deal. Anglophiles like Didier Aubert, 72, a retired civil ...