1) The Diamond Jubilee and social change
Brian Hoey, author of Her Majesty and Not In Front of the Corgis, writes, over at WalesOnline, of how the Queen has modernised the monarchy throughout her reign: ‘Her Majesty is, surprisingly, a realist and pragmatist, who is determined that the House of Windsor becomes a modern, if not entirely, democratic institution’.
2) The Queen and the power of national idea
Over at City AM, Peter Whittle, author of Being British: What’s Wrong With It?, tells how the power of being part of something as momentous as the Jubilee has united the British people: ‘whatever attacks it might have had to endure, a sense of Britain, and a pride in it, still runs deep’.
3) Greater economic freedom for Scotland
President of the Adam Smith Institute and author of Think Tank, Madsen Pirie, writes over at the Scotsman that ‘Scotland could again be a jewel of the North’, if they had greater economic freedom
4) On set with Greta Garbo
Take yourself back to the golden age of Hollywood with these rare pictures of stars including Greta Garbo, over at the Daily Mail. Greta’s story, including the two missing periods of her life, are fully investigated in David Bret’s Greta Garbo: Divine Star
5) How Quantitative Easing became conventional
Interesting article by Dan Conaghan, author of The Bank: Inside the Bank of England, on how the Bank of England has blurred the line between monetary and fiscal policy.
6) Anne Robinson on Enoch Powell
Anne Robinson, contributor to Enoch at 100, writes over at the Daily Mail on her own experiences of the controversial politician: ‘my parents supported Enoch Powell - but that doesn't mean they were racist’