Pride in London should return to radical roots, says Peter Tatchell
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Peter Tatchell has called on the UK’s largest Pride event to return to its radical political roots, as veterans from the first march 50 years ago led the parade in London. Members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), wh ...
I read the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling to see what we lost. Everyone should
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As one more reminder of what we’ve lost, the text of the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling is unlikely to console us. Aún así, I recommend downloading the pdf. In the wake of its overturning, this beautifully written document – ...
A monument to Scottish home life: why you should visit Tenement House
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Miss Agnes Toward was a hoarder. Por más de 50 años, she filed away old household bills, recetas, wartime leaflets, letters and personal papers. She also left her Glasgow tenement flat virtually untouched. Its ori...
Should we be worried that polio has been detected in the UK?
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Covid-19 variants, monkeypox and now polio: you might wonder what else will be thrown at us in 2022. Last week in London, polio was detected in sewage screened by the National Institute for Biological Standards and Co...
Wit, wisdom and better than Wordle: why you should visit Dr Johnson’s birthplace museum
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Civilisation comes in many sizes and, for Dr Samuel Johnson, compiler of A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), his home town of Lichfield was a microcosm of educated and ordered society. He once wrote of a visi...
Una dura lección para los tories: no puedes dejar atrás la votación táctica
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Las elecciones parciales dramáticas tienden a producir dos reacciones opuestas. Los ganadores los llaman terremotos, mientras que los perdedores no detectan más que un murmullo rutinario. Los dramáticos resultados en Wakefield, y Tiverton y Honiton, cierto...
NHS staff should get at least a 4% pay rise say independent experts
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NHS staff should receive a pay rise of at least 4%, independent experts have advised, setting healthcare workers on a collision course with ministers who have set a firm maximum of 3%. The pay review body (PRB) will r...
Social history and art combined: why you should visit the Centre of Ceramic Art
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I am from Yorkshire, but I live in London – which makes York a pretty much perfect destination for me. Getting there takes less than two hours on the train and yet, once you arrive, todo el mundo (or nearly everyone) has r...