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Queen Elizabeth I in procession with her courtiers, c1600-1603 (1825). Artist: Sarah, Countess of Essex. Image shot 1825. Exact date unknown.

How Elizabethan law once protected the poor from the high cost of living – and led to unrivalled economic prosperity

Simon Szreter | History

Four hundred years after the poor laws, in the closing years of Elizabeth II’s reign, the UK once again faces perilous spikes in living costs.

Killer Queen

Iain Martin | Weekend

In this era of attention deficit syndrome, with addiction to mobile devices and social media doing strange things to the brain, it is surprising that