Prince Philip gave the Queen this wedding present (and Kate Middleton has borrowed it)

Queen Elizabeth II had her wedding to Prince Philip in November 1947. In honour of the day, the former Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bought Her Majesty a bracelet as a gift. The large diamond bracelet was a fitting wedding gift for a member of the royal family, as it was made from the same diamonds as […]

Trump’s ‘fake news’ declarations may have borrowed cues from the tobacco industry

Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images After two chaotic months as president, Donald Trump is widely credited with rewriting the political rule book. We are witnessing Trump’s new era of post-fact politics, where distraction and obfuscation are central, and critical stories are dismissed as “fake news”. Thousands of column inches have analysed the new president. The Guardian […]