Religion, law and the constitution

Balancing beliefs in Britain

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Brexit and British Identity

  The much-loved BBC children’s series Horrible Histories found itself in the eye of the Brexit storm last week. Comedian Nish Kumar presented a special edition for 31st January, which put together a collection of favourite songs and sketches from past shows, all with...

The Ghost of Christmas (Bans) Past

In popular culture, the Puritans of the XVII century get a fair bit of flack for banning Christmas.  Oliver Cromwell in particular is often, unfairly, personally blamed for making the holiday illegal.   In actual fact, the prohibition was passed by the...