10 May 2019
Globalisation was rife in the 16th century – clues from Renaissance paintings
Leah Clark, The Open University For many, the Renaissance was the revival or “rebirth” of Western classical antiquity, associated with great artists painting the Sistine Chapel and the invention of the printing press in Europe. These local, European phenomena seem…
Brexit’s ‘Global Britain’: UK needs a clear economic strategy for its trading future, not a dead colonial fantasy
The EU may or may not be the way forward, but the Global Britain narrative is likely to prove counterproductive either way.