Britain was pretty skint in 1945, but our grandparents managed – even after six years of war and the ‘Hungry Thirties’ –…
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If you haven’t yet read London Belongs To Me, Norman Collins’ epic tale of a south-of-the-river street and its inhabitants, now might be a…
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Established May Day 1974, News From Nowhere celebrated forty years in business in 2014. Forty years of supplying the people of Liverpool…
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The words of the prophets are written on the (Subway) walls
by John Maguireby John MaguireSometimes a simple statement, a simple phrase, can have maximum impact. Less can indeed be sometimes more. A match when struck and…
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On the 27th January 2015 as I began to organise my thoughts for this piece, it was 100 days until the election.…
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In the coming year, I really want someone to stand up – and I really hope it will be Ed Miliband –…
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The Citizens Advice Bureau celebrated 75 years of giving assistance this September. Not bad for an agency that was originally only established…
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I discovered a collection of essays by George Orwell on Project Gutenberg Australia this morning, some familiar and some new to me,…
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Recently returned from a deliciously lazy holiday, during which I swapped the noise of Tokyo for a room with a tinkling river…
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Bankers, the targets for so much vilification, are not usually noted as great philosophers. But perhaps they have been judged unfairly if…
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