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A thousand years of British history is ending. Does it matter?
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Almost a decade after Brexit, both sides should be more courageous in getting closer together

Photos of pets are more popular than those of partners

From Soho to Purfleet, Britain is a prisoner of the 1990s

The special relationship? It’s complicated

A four-day royal visit plays to a certain American fascination, writes Daniel Franklin, our senior editor