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From refusing to give up her surname to joining the Army against her father's wishes, Queen Elizabeth II didn't let anyone question her ability as a woman - now her legacy will continue to influence the lives of generations to come

Many Liverpudlians reject their national identity in favour of civic pride

Just when we need visions of a better world, the prime minister is proclaiming the toxic gospel of neoliberalism, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Sporty Spice is telling it like it is in her new memoir, which details the true gruelling reality of being in the world’s biggest girlband. She looks back at it all, and what she’s learned, with Jessie Thompson

This long-planned revival finds itself carrying even more posthumous weight

Moira Buffini’s clever political comedy returns, educating a new generation on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy through her weekly encounters with the monarch

I spent Black Wednesday – the day the markets successfully bet against the power of the British government to prop up the pound sterling – on the 28th floor of Dresdner Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. I had just been hired as an exchange-student intern in the back office for currency…

President Nelson Mandela never forgot the Queen’s refusal to travel to South Africa during the apartheid years – despite the differing views of her Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – which would have given the country’s racist policies tacit approval

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss has a lot on her plate, but who is she and what does she stand for?

The Kiln theatre’s Handbagged, about the monarch’s meetings with Margaret Thatcher, has opened in a week of mourning. Its stars reflect on the play’s humour and their tears in rehearsal

Queen Elizabeth II was well known for her record-breaking reign, but did you know she was bilingual, raced pigeons and (kind of) owned a fast-food restaurant?