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The Revolving Door at 10 Downing Street

Is the role of prime minister too difficult to perform successfully?

Edinburgh University Press
June 11, 2026

Austerity Bites: Two 1980s British Road Movies

By Ieuan Franklin Where are the films being made today about ‘Austerity Britain’ that combine social realism and humour, as in The Full Monty (1997)? In my article for the Journal of British Cinema and Television last year I looked…

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May 14, 2015
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The Revolving Door at 10 Downing Street

Austerity Bites: Two 1980s British Road Movies

The Revolving Door at 10 Downing Street

5 things the Piper Alpha disaster tells us about how the media covers anniversaries

How did the revenue men once invest in slavery?

Sudden Changes in Global Order — From Ancient to Early Modern Iran and Beyond

Structural Bias, Education Reform, and Victorian Women’s Poetry