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Ruth Weiss is honoured for her fight against racism and anti-Semitism
Ruth Weiss speaks at a discussion group in Harare in the early 1980s in Harare, Zimbabwe where she worked training young African reporters and sub-editors (Picture: Trevor Grundy) … Read more >
Slaughter of the Innocents -That kind of thing can’t happen here . . .
Slaughter of the Innocents: That kind of thing can’t happen here . . . By Trevor Grundy Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock is thankful that Black Lives Matter (BLM)… Read more >
Police fear arrival of the “perfect storm” in race-torn UK this weekend
By Trevor Grundy London, June 10, 2020 – – – Police officers fear that the “perfect storm” is brewing and that this weekend could see violence across the UK –… Read more >
Death of George Floyd inspires students at Oxford University to make another bid to get rid of statue of Cecil Rhodes
By Trevor Grundy Canterbury, June 8, 2020 — At 1700 (GMT) tomorrow, hundreds of students will meet the police outside Oriel College ,Oxford University, to renew their call for… Read more >
The British public will not forgive being taken for fools, says The Times
“Fasten your safety belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” By Trevor Grundy Canterbury (June 5, 2020) – – – Boris Johnson’s refusal to acknowledge mistakes… Read more >
Chutzpah, spin doctors, pantomime politicians and liars in public places
By Trevor Grundy What is the effect of large-scale lying on the psychology of a nation? Does lying on the grand scale have the same effect on a… Read more >
Cummings and Johnson are ‘cowards’ and are treating the British people as if they are ‘fools’
By Trevor Grundy London, May 25 (2020) – – – One of Britain’s top behavioral scientists, Stephen Reicher who is the professor of Social Psychology at St Andrews University,… Read more >
Zimbabwe’s best- loved musical instrument is introduced to billions during cultural diversity week
Kenny Mangwena from Zimbabwe playing the mbira at an African culture festival organised by Music for Change in Canterbury, southern England (Picture: Trevor Grundy) By Trevor Grundy As many… Read more >
‘It’s the Media, Stupid!’ Writers examine role of the Press in Labour’s catastrophic 2019 defeat
It’s the Media, Stupid! The Media, the 2019 Election and the Aftermath (Published by the Campaign for Free Press and Broadcasting Federation (North) 2020 £9.99 / 144 pp.) Review… Read more >
Ghost of Hitler blocks search for truth in Germany 75 years after end of World War Two
Germans are being asked to help find the memories of the little people whose lives are the backbone of history. But the haunting spirit of Adolf Hitler and the murder… Read more >