Ted Vallance
Articles by Ted Vallance
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Books
1688: The First Modern Revolution
- 22 October 2009
A new history of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 labours too hard to prove that it was every bit as bloody as France in 1789 or Russia in 1917.
Life & Society
Off with their heads
- 09 July 2009
- 14 comments
From Wat Tyler swilling beer in front of Richard II to chants of “God save the poor and down with George III”, the British have a long history of hostility towards the Crown. Can it survive the coronation of King Charles III?
Politics
Burning down the House
- 04 June 2009
- 4 comments
Bereft of ideas, the party leaders are ransacking the storehouse of history. Yet, in their very desperation, they are sowing the seeds of destruction of our political system
Television
A bodice-tightening yarn
- 21 November 2008
Channel 4's 'The Devil's Whore' is an oddly repressed romp through the English civil war.
UK Politics
A bill of rights for Britain?
- 24 September 2008
- 8 comments
The historic problem with the British 'charters of freedom' like Magna Carta are that they are aimed at binding the hands of kings, not cabinet ministers - no surprise then that a bill of rights has been pushed to the margins
UK Politics
Sworn to the Queen
- 14 March 2008
- 9 comments
Historical records left behind by exercises in mass public oath-taking dating back to the 16th century are vast yet, as with Lord Goldsmith's proposals, it is hard to find much evidence of popular enthusiasm for these exercises.
Life & Society
Magna Carta for sale
- 14 December 2007
‘Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?’ Tony Hancock - Ted Vallance examines the issues around a controversial sale
UK Politics
Celebrating England's radical history
- 23 May 2007
- 2 comments
How a bunch of lefties head each year to the 'Tory Cotswolds' to remember the Levellers











