"Was Brexit Inevitable?"

"A misguided narrative is taking hold about Brexit, both here and abroad. According to this argument, David Cameron called the 2016 referendum on whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union solely for party-management purposes. When he did, he unleashed a wave of atavistic xenophobia whipped up by the tabloid media, and uneducated, working-class Britons were consequently fooled by lies and false promises.
"If only politicians hadn't picked the scab, the country could have ticked along quite happily, so the conceit goes."

Henry Newman at The Atlantic writes that the above "interpretation might provide comfort to some, but it's fundamentally specious."

"The Last Survivor of a Story That Gripped Great Britain and the World More Than 50 Years Ago"

"Platt said his mother was from a generation where there was 'great shame' and she had felt it when she recalled her past. 'But she shouldn't have because, looking back, there was real good that came out of what happened. It did pull the curtain back, and there were changes in society that were needed.'
"He said she was a devoted, loving mother.
"'She was a good, decent person, and she got a very unfair label that was hard for her to live with.'
"The press vilified her, he said."

Caroline Davies at The Guardian writes an obit for Christine Keeler.

Tamsin Blanchard at The Guardian in 2002 talks with Lewis Morley, who took the most famous photograph of Keeler.