On the eve of the Second World War, more than a million British children were evacuated to the countryside for their protection. Hailed as a patriotic success, the ‘Operation Pied Piper’ was actually marred by accusations of abuse. Despite growing media coverage and public awareness, survivors still await reparation.
Last January, the attack on Charlie Hebdo sparked - among other issues - a renewed interest in the appropriate response to blasphemy, itself symbolized by the concurring social media trends #jesuischarlie and #jenesuispascharlie. Taking a comparative approach, Mathilde Groppo analyses French and English law to address the following questions: is blasphemy the last frontier for freedom of expression?
Britain is now facing the very real possibility of national disintegration and an exit from the European Union. Amidst this political crisis, and in the wake of a manifesto celebrating British exceptionalism, historians have mobilised themselves to (re)write the history of the UK, whether for or against Europe.
