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An Evening of Discovery and Illumination

An Evening of Discovery and Illumination ....

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Lord Hemingford, journalist and editor better known as Nick Herbert, who modernised Westminster Press – obituary

Colleagues rated him an exceptional mentor of staff, liked and respected for his modesty, quiet authority, unexpected insights and wisdom ....

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Crowning glory: monarch, politics and Parliament in an age of democracy

Crowning glory: monarch, politics and Parliament in an age of democracy
The Queen and Prince Philip at the State Opening of Parliament 1998
17 April
“The more democratic we get,” Walter Bagehot predicted in 1867, “the more we shall get to like state and show, which have ever pleased the vulgar.” The outpouring of tributes triggered by the death of the Duke of Edinburgh indicates that Bagehot was right.
Universal suffrage has not, as some intellectuals expected, proved incompatible with monarchy. Nor is it only among “the vulgar,” as Bagehot referred to the wider public, that the urge to mark the duke’s passing has been felt. In the Commons, 136 members put down their names to speak about him, as did 90 peers. ....

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