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Agony aunt column 1st June 2020 Auntie Maggie answers your problems from beyond the grave Dear Maggie I went on a long journey recently and took my wife and four…

Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929) There is a saying that ‘comparisons are odious’. History can be viewed through different lenses, so comparing the contributions of Mary Seacole to those of Florence Nightingale…

When I started out, like so many others I guess, I sorted of gradually internalised what my parents told me was right and what they told me was wrong. Dead…

Today is the anniversary of the MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. The year was 1789. Something else happened a few days later in France. As we go through turbulent times does…

By Andrew Hunt What month is it…ahh yes April the 30th weather slightly damp.We are a father again. Well I’m bloody chuffed with thingy, being in labour for 3 days…

Many people think of 1929 as the start of The Great Depression. Britain, as you would expect, was years ahead of those laggards on Wall Street. In 1925 our Chancellor…

1. How do we get out of the mess? And 2. In what kind of society do we wish to live afterwards? I have little idea how we manage 1.,…

I would like to look at a few women who made a real difference in political life and are often, if not ignored, relegated to ‘also rans’ for their contributions.…

Do you remember that series from the US? Was it science fiction? Should the word ‘surreal’ be used? Who played the part of The Log Lady in New Labour? A…

CLAUSE FOUR “To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the…