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17:18 Monday 22.07.13 - British Future
Birth of a changing nation
There could well be at least 10 babies born today at St Mary's Hospital in London, of which one boy or girl born will be a future king or queen. They will be among around 373 babies born in London today, and perhaps 2,268 babies born across the United Kingdom. These babies born on 22 July 2013 offer a snapshot of the Britain that the young prince or princess will grow up with, writes Sunder Katwala.
Tags: Boy, changing nation, King, Monarchy, Queen, Royal Baby, William and Kate
What can we learn from 1953's "great act of national communion"?
In 1953, the sociologist Michael Young, in a famous essay, described the Queen's coronation as a "great act of national communion." He and his co-author Edward Shils were struck by the galvanising effect the coronation had on family and community life. In which ways does the monarchy continue to unite people within the UK, asks Zaki Cooper, who used to work in the press office at Buckingham Palace, ahead of this week's 60th anniversary of the coronation.
Tags: Monarchy, unity
14:48 Tuesday 22.01.13 - British Future
Commitment to NHS founding principles remains high in UK
The NHS beat both the monarchy and the Olympics to take gold in the patriotism stakes, as Ipsos-Mori's polling for British Future's new State of the Nation 2013 report shows.
Tags: British Future, Monarchy, NHS, Olympics
Even JK Rowling wouldn't have made it a more magical year for the royals
The bigger picture suggests the Monarchy ended 2012 more secure than ever. Even when things went wrong, as the Thames river pageant turned into a grey and cold test of endurance in the driving rain, it was the BBC which seemed to cop the flak. The Queen's surprise Olympic contribution to a James Bond stunt helped to seal Danny Boyle's great fusion of the traditional and the modern in the Olympic opening ceremony, writes Sunder Katwala.
Tags: integration, Monarchy
10:28 Tuesday 01.01.13 - Sunder Katwala
Farewell to 2012, the year of British exceptionalism
The spirit of 2012 challenged the core instincts of both left and right, argues Sunder Katwala. But will that optimistic sense of what is distinctive about Britain survive into 2013?
Tags: 2012, 2012 Olympics, British Future, British identity, Monarchy, patriotism
12:14 Wednesday 06.06.12 - British Future
What the Jubilee said about who we are today
Sunder Katwala sets out how the monarchy has become more relevant in a multi-ethnic Britain, reflecting a royal history of immigration and integration.
Tags: Jubilee, Monarchy, the left, the queen
What makes Britain and the Brits what we are today?
British Future hosted a breakfast debate in a London pub on what has been the most influential factor on modern British society.
Tags: British identity, literature, Monarchy, pubs
The monarchy is more secure than ever
By Sunder Katwala It is the constitutional duty of the head of a republican pressure group to provide a dissenting note during the high days and holidays of Monarchical ceremony. But if Graham Smith of Republic may have half a point in his call on the mediato ensure the alternative anti-Monarchy view gets a voice he also massively overstates his two central claims, that the Monarchy "is able to co-opt almost the entire media output of this country to its own advantage and a media that is failing to report the true story of a changing public attitude toward royalty and monarchy". Neither claim stands up to scrutiny of the evidence.
Tags: Diamond Jubilee, Monarchy
12:50 Wednesday 11.01.12 - Sunder Katwala
Why Britain should be grateful to Mrs Simpson
"A patriotic extra has revealed how he set Madonna straight on UK royal history during the filming of her Wallis Simpson biopic W," reports the i newspaper this morning. It is an amusing tale of how north Londoner Ben Goodman, 69, hired to play a newspaper vendor who hands a 'Royal scandal' newspaper to the actress playing Mrs Simpson.
Tags: film, history, identity, Monarchy, royal
22:01 Sunday 08.01.12 - Sunder Katwala
Jubilee pride to pip Olympic spirit in 2012, says poll
Both the Olympic Games and the Jubilee are expected to lift the British mood in 2012, but the British Future poll suggests Seb Coe's Olympic spirit may just be pipped by Jubilee pride in the Queen, if only by a short head. 68% of people expect the Queen's diamond jubilee to lift the national mood, while 64% say the same about the Olympics, according to the Hopes and Fears poll published by the British Future think-tank on Monday.
Tags: Jubilee, Monarchy, Olympics
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Empire, Faith & War A three-year-long project which aims to commemorate the remarkable but largely forgotten contribution and experiences of Sikh soldiers.
Steve McQueen's forthcoming series on black British experience The director, who has teamed up with the BBC, is working on a series about black Britons from the Sixties to the present day.
The Silent Day by Max Arthur A new book which explores the lead-up to D-Day from the unique perspective of ordinary Britons at home.
Three Pounds in my Pocket The stories of pioneering migrants who came to Britain from the Indian subcontinent in the 1950s and 1960s.
Unknown & Untold The story of Britain's WW1 Muslim soldiers
Voices of Asia A new gallery at Leeds City Museum which celebrates the sights, sounds and culture of the Asian communities that live in Leeds.
We are Family An initiative to highlight the plight of families, which is part of the wider Divided Families campaign against the new tough rules on family migration.
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