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Linda Colley begins her examination of the forces that unite and divide Britain with the story of 18th-century Scottish writer and controversialist James Tytler. Show more
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Prof Colley examines the island nature of the United Kingdom and the way the geography, history and political rhetoric of Britain have often been at odds. Show more
Prof Colley explores Britain, not as a small group but as a collection of thousands of islands, surrounded by seas that offer a defence - and a point of access. Show more
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Prof Colley challenges the notion of liberty in Britain, from the historic words of Magna Carta onwards. Show more
Linda Colley wades into the choppy waters of Britain's relationship with the sea that surrounds us. Show more
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Prof Colley explores the patchwork of different kingdoms that existed throughout the British Isles from the early middle ages to explain why monarchy has mattered here. Show more
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Linda Colley asks why the English have been susceptible to periodic bouts of self-scrutiny and anxiety over identity. Show more
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Linda Colley explores the disparities between the north and south in terms of wealth and living. Show more
Linda Colley explores the principality, which, unlike Ireland, Scotland and England, has never been emblematically represented on the Union Jack. Show more
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Linda Colley explores the compromises made when Scotland was subsumed into Great Britain. Show more
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Linda Colley explores Ireland's relations with its neighbours over the centuries. Show more
Linda Colley examines the four nations that make up the British Isles and the complex relationships that have bound their history together and have frequently divided them. Show more
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Linda Colley explores Britain's relationship with America from the 1600s onwards. Show more
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Linda Colley explores what acts of union would be required to sustain the cohesion and allegiance of the millions of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish people settling overseas. Show more
Linda Colley explores the history of Britain's links with continental Europe. Show more
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Linda Colley explores Britain's lack of a written constitution. Show more
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Linda Colley posits some possibilities about how the UK may develop in the years following next September's independence vote in Scotland. Show more
Linda Colley explores Britain's relationships with North America, Europe and far-flung expatriate Britons. She also looks at Britain's own (unwritten) constitution. Show more
