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Zambia’s 60th birthday: Say ‘hello’ to two British economists who saved that country a fortune seconds before independence on October 24, 1964
The late Dr Kenneth Kaunda at a Commonwealth meeting in Harare towards the end of his long stint as head of state in Zambia. (Picture: Trevor Grundy) In… Read more >
CHOGM 2024: Britain facing calls to pay billions for its role in slavery and climate change
During a visit to Britain in 2005, Desmond Tutu visited the Hull home of William Wilberforce, the English statesman who overcame incredible odds to bring about the end of slavery… Read more >
Cable Street Revisited: Leading anti-Fascist academic puts the 1936 march that never was under the microscope once again
Cable Street, a New Musical returns to London on September 6, 2024. It celebrates what its producers and actors call working class solidarity against Oswald Mosley and 3,000 of his… Read more >
Holocaust survivor Ruth Weiss: A woman who broke the chains that bound her to a Nazi horror in Germany and apartheid in South Africa
Ruth Weiss who marks her 100th birthday in Germany on 26 July 2024. She is an author, novelist, anti-apartheid and anti-Nazi campaigner all of her adult life. By… Read more >
Boris Johnson fooled voters in Blyth and other parts of North England but lies told in 2019 could turn Blue Walls Red again
Miners in the pits of northern England were strong supporters of the Labour Party. They could remember the horror of mass unemployment and the marches by their parents and grandparents… Read more >
Black Umfolozi: Zimbabwe’s singing and dancing African culture ambassadors
Lucky Moyo with the just as legendary culture ambassador Virginia Mukwesha, daughter of Stella Chiweshe who was one of the world’s greatest mbira players and artists. (Picture: Trevor Grundy) … Read more >
Socialism in Tanzania: A dream deferred or a vision abandoned?
President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania holding the Torch of Freedom (Picture by Adarsh Nayar). For millions of people, he was the personification of socialism in post-independence Africa. This article… Read more >
Jews and Muslims wait to see what’s promised as a record number of Britons say they don’t believe a word any politician says about anything
The report by Sir John Curtice suggests that disillusionment over promises made by Boris Johnson and others over BREXIT among Red Wall voters is one of the main reasons for… Read more >
Britain is sleepwalking towards disaster and a timely report from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust tells us why
Nature lovers with cameras and notebooks echo the warnings of senior environmentalists that we are losing what makes Yorkshire so special (Picture by Trevor Grundy taken from inside a hide… Read more >
‘Into the Melting Pot’ brings to life the fears of Spanish Jews in 1492
The painting above shows The Procession of Flagellants (detail) by Francisco Goya. The Inquisition’s targets were lapsed converos– Jews who renounced and then returned to their original religious beliefs and… Read more >