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Opinion

Crown Jewels?

KENT BARKER argues that what we ask of our royal family is completely unreasonable. If there is one positive thing about the hullabaloo surrounding the coronation it’s that it affords republicans a chance to put their case and enables us…
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Features

Coronation Fever

KENT BARKER charts the involvement of a prominent Hastings civic dignitary at the coronation of George II in 1727 Hastings had been one of the original Cinque Ports - probably founded sometime before the Norman invasion. It accorded the town…
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Literature

Book Review

The AnarchyBy William Dalrymple Published by Bloomsbury at £30 Review by Kent Barker Embarking on The Anarchy is not for the faint-hearted. To start with the tome runs to more than 500 pages, weighs in at a couple of kilos, spans…
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Politics

Axe the PM?

Kent Barker wonders if Boris Johnson shouldn’t turn the pages of his history book back to the 17th century if he wants to keep a head. Pity poor John Ashburnham and Nicholas ; Elected as MPs for Hastings in 1628…
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