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This opinion piece in the Daily Mail argues that overseas British cemeteries, specifically those in France, are places where the flag is more prominently displayed than it is many places in Britain.

This is the last great show of true Britain anywhere on Earth. And it is in France, in sunshine and all through the seaside villages behind the monuments on all those famous D-Day beaches.

Then another woman said she was trying to get her daughter to emigrate to Australia. She knew a lot of people who were doing it.

“England’s finished,” she had got around to thinking. “This is about the last place you can go to and pretend it isn’t.”

Which was being said in a street that looked like the old days of Britain, with bunting and flags and happy people showered with memories. But the street was in Normandy, France.

The complete article in the Daily Mail: Corner of France where it will be forever England

New York Times article from April 2, 2007 about the decision by municipal authorities in Clitheroe to allow an old Methodist Church to be used as a mosque. It describes the growing presence of Muslims in Britain through a variety of perspectives: local town demography, membership in the House of Lords, and regular attendence at religious services.

Britain may continue to regard itself as a Christian nation. But practicing Muslims are likely to outnumber church-attending Christians in several decades, according to a recent survey by Christian Research, a group that specializes in documenting the status of Christianity in Britain.

The full article from the New York Times website: “Old Church Becomes Mosque in Uneasy Britain”

A piece from the BBC about the anniversary of the Falklands war that focuses on the efforts to commemorate the dead from both sides. Britain will allow an Argentine ceremony on the disputed islands later this year.

The complete article from BBC News: UK ‘regret’ over Falklands dead