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Derek James A publicity picture of Pearl taken in around 1911 - Credit: Tacon Family Collection They tended to be something of a mystery but today more people than ever are researching their family history. Derek James tells the story one man has who has written a family book about his famous great aunt Pearl When Norfolk farmer Richard Tacon was just a lad she would look after him whenever she was in Norfolk…teaching him to ride a bike and build forts for him in the garden. And when he was older she introduced him to Greek and Roman history as well as the arts. Not to mention Dubonnet with...

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Brexit, together with shifts in both population and political allegiances, means that something now has to give, reckons Derek James

The weathervane said to come from Norfolk - Credit: Helen Theron Can you solve the mystery of the Norfolk links with a unique weathervane which is also a war memorial honouring seven lost lives? Derek James reports. It was on the night of January 3, 1944 that a Lancaster Bomber of the Pathfinder Force set off from RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire on a mission over Germany dropping flares over targets to light the way for the following aircraft. On its return the plane encountered enemy fire and came down over Blankenburg. The pilot Flying Officer Ernest Blair Stiles of the Canadian Royal Force and...

No split in army - yet Derek James details the brutal response to the mass protest movement in Colombia and what needs to be done to avoid yet another failure A wave of protests and strikes is sweeping Colombia and is being met with brutal state repression, which has resulted so far in more than 50 deaths. The protests began on April 28, initially in response to government tax reforms that favoured the wealthy and fell hardest on the poorest sections of society. But they have now broadened into a much wider attack on the Duque government’s policies. 2 Alongside protests organised by the mai...