Articles
25-6-2002
Shusha Guppy,
Firdowsi’s epic, “The Book of Kings”, is even more than a great product of Persian civilisation. In conveying the essence of kingship as divinely ordained yet conditional on just and protective rule, the principles of the millennium-old epic still have the power to move – and convince.
24-6-2002
Joop Teernstra,
Like Australia, New Zealand is questioning the role and need for its antipodean Monarchy.
31-5-2002
Dejan Djokic,
Political change in Serbia includes the revival of monarchist ideas. But the version of Serbian history they entail is contested.
28-5-2002
Hirotada Shimura,
The Emperor will not attend the opening ceremony, but will he be cheering at the final?
27-5-2002
David E. Flavell,
People at the sharp end of class division are less favoured by ‘stability’.
27-5-2002
Pam Jarvis,
The influence of monarchy on British life is a matter of warm emotion as well as cool reason.
27-5-2002
Peter Davidson,
The real distance between Denmark and England lies not in the status of monarchy, but in the core of their national identity.
27-5-2002
Laura McMenemy,
Monarchy? We're not very far down the civilised road.
23-5-2002
Misaki Kamouchi,
The courtiers may resist change, but new life is entering the Japanese royal family.
23-5-2002
Tom Nairn,
The British monarch’s golden jubilee is the festival of nostalgia of a decaying state. But within the ceremonies of farewell lies the hunger for a revived democracy.
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