UK: Electoral boost for Boris and Brexit
Things are not going badly for Britain post Brexit. These are early days but those in Brussels, hoping to have a weakened UK to deal with, will have been disappointed.
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Gunboat diplomacy off the Channel Islands
The U.K. and France are engaged in a standoff over post-Brexit fishing rights around the British Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
Jeanne d’Arc and fake news (3/6) Who designed Operation Pucelle?
The ploy of the envoy from heaven to save the kingdom of France was conceived by an exceptional woman: Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Anjou, Queen of the Four Kingdoms. The operation was masterfully executed by another exceptional woman: the Pucelle d’Orléans.
Joan of Arc and the fake news (2/6) The Hundred Years War: why?
To understand the Johannine epic, we must go back to the context of the Hundred Years’ War and find out why Joan wanted, one fine day in 1428, to go and meet the king.