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There are valuable lessons to be learned from the England of the 1600s.

Local Governance in Nepal-Part 2

Private greed and public filth collide in Nick Higham's The Mercenary River, a superbly malodorous history of the London's great waterway

The mental health system is a system of care and control, legitimated by the concept of mental illness, playing a role in capitalism.

The good old days? A lecture on YouTube proves to be a timely reminder that poverty in the UK is regressing to the Victorian era. Dan Carrier reports

The good old days? A lecture on YouTube proves to be a timely reminder that poverty in the UK is regressing to the Victorian era. Dan Carrier reports

Norwich Christian community churches church news Norwich Norfolk

Thanksgiving plays an important role in Americans’ views of ourselves and our heritage. The mere fact that it is time off from work and school cannot by itself explain how many travel to be with those they care about to celebrate. But our understanding does not extend very deep, because the Pilgrims started from a communal or communist system, and only moved to a private

Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, A chairde, Is mór an onóir dom a bheith anseo libh, agus muid ag smaoineamh agus ag tabhairt ómos dóibh siúd d’ár muintir a d’fhulaing agus a bhfuair bás le linn na trasóide is mó tábhacht i scéal na hÉireann sa nua-aois: An Gorta Mór, An Drochshaol. It is an honour and a privilege to be asked to join with fellow Irish people wherever they may be, and in whatever circumstances, as we recall the lives, deaths and suffering of all those of our people...

‘Numerous interventions’ could have mitigated the worst effects of the Great Hunger