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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer walks with Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, as they visit a housing development in north London, Friday, June 19, 2026. (Peter Macdiarmid/Pool Photo via AP)

For Britain's political instability, lessons from the worst phase of the French Revolution

July 01, 2026 3:52 pm

When a party and its government find themselves in a corner, they try to spend their way out of unpopularity. However, the UK’s existing debt burden makes it nearly impossible for them to facilitate a fiscal expansion

Treaty of Versailles (Edited by Abhishek Mitra)

As Trump signed US-Iran pact, echoes of 1919 Treaty of Versailles

June 19, 2026 12:08 pm

From a modest hunting lodge built by Louis XIII to the seat of the French monarchy under Louis XIV, the Palace of Versailles has witnessed wars, revolutions, diplomatic triumphs, and national humiliations.

Bastille Day: How literary writings see the French Revolution

July 16, 2025 2:36 pm

The storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, is seen as a defining event in the French Revolution. But how does the revolution affect writers, poets, painters and other creative minds?

A painting of the The French Revolution in the background with the covers of Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution, Charles Dickens' A tale of Two Cities the Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlett Pimperelle in the foreground

How the French Revolution shaped history, and inspired Dickens, Batman, and more

July 24, 2025 1:25 pm

Read It From Thomas Carlyle’s gripping history to Charles Dickens’ enduring tragedy and the rise of literary superheroes, the legacy of the French Revolution lives on in literature

We are not getting the leaders we deserve

February 18, 2025 7:06 am

We need a shift in perspective and a move away from measuring our success in terms of materialistic products to focus on collective human development instead

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal review troops during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Avenue Foch in Paris, France, July 14, 2024.

Bastille Day: Why France celebrates its national day on July 14

July 14, 2024 6:39 pm

A mob of commoners stormed the Bastille prison in Paris on July 14, 1789. Here is why the fall of the Bastille became a defining moment of the French Revolution.

Ram Madhav on riots in France: North African migrants have not adjusted to French values

July 08, 2023 8:33 am

Unlike their European counterparts, newer waves of immigrants have refused to integrate with the French social order and insist on maintaining their distinct identity