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  • 29 Jan 2012
    Schools challenged over political bias of royal jubilee

    Democracy campaigners have warned schools that they may be breaking the law by taking part in uncritical celebrations of the Queen’s diamond jubilee.

  • 29 Apr 2011
    Republicans welcome support as police criticised over royal wedding arrests

    British republicans have welcomed a high turnout today at 'not the royal wedding' events in various parts of Britain.

  • 29 Apr 2011
    Wedded to a right royal theological confusion

    Reading the church media over the past week, and probably for the succeeding one, would leave many people with the impression that the boundary between church and monarchy is virtually indecipherable. I find this elision of faith in God with a longing for worldly pomp and circumstance deeply disturbing.

  • 29 Apr 2011
    The mytho-poetics of royalty

    Monarchy as an institution rooted in inherited wealth and pure eugenic privilege stands in contrast with, and contradiction to, the levelling Gospel of Jesus Christ, argues Simon Barrow. But a kind of mythology and ritualising in the popular imagination prevents both Christians and others from seeing what is really going on, and what is wrong with it.

  • 29 Apr 2011
    Crown or parliament? Time for reflection

    “Are you for King or for Parliament?” I was taught at a tender age to ask the burning question of mid 17th century England as a means of assessing an individual's take on society. It seems apposite once again.

  • 29 Apr 2011
    Republic campaigners geared up for 'historic' royal wedding events

    Republicans from across Britain are heading towards central London today (29 April) for Republic's "Not the royal wedding" street party.

  • 29 Apr 2011
    Beyond 29 April: Equity after monarchy

    In a culture seemingly dominated by royalist propaganda, particularly around the wedding of William and Kate, here are plenty of reasons to be republican, says Phil Wood; not all of them honourable. Some may be in danger of reinforcing what they oppose. But for Christians, the case for disestablishing the kingdom and the church derives from a higher level of subversion, and a vision of equity before monarchy which people from many backgrounds are seeking.

  • 28 Apr 2011
    Civil liberties fears as campaigners arrested ahead of royal wedding

    Fears have been raised over civil liberties after raids on centres associated with activism and the apparently random arrest of people with radical lifestyles.

  • 7 Mar 2011
    Republican group asks UKTI to investigate allegations about Duke of York

    The Campaign group Republic has lodged a formal complaint with UKTI calling for an investigation into a number of allegations relating to Prince Andrew.

  • 12 Feb 2011
    Republic challenges tourism body on royal wedding claim

    Republic, the organisation campaigning for an elected head of state, has criticised VisitBritain, for its claim that the Royal wedding will boost tourism