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An uninformed MP and a bigoted Judge

March 31, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Ungrateful as I feel for bashing someone who was actually trying to be helpful, it was difficult not to (a) laugh and then (b) groan at a short letter I recently received from a client's local MP, writes Felix McHugh

Line of Battle

March 27, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

The 'private good, public bad' madness sees a bedroom tax foisted on the poor while the rich amass vast property wealth, writes George Monbiot.

Bringing Anne Frank’s Vision to the Modern World

March 23, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

It was once stated, that "those who ignore history are doomed to repeat its mistakes". Over the past few weeks, in the northern city of Manchester, UK, the question of learning has been at the very centre of the Anne Frank + You exhibition, writes Hussein Al-alak

The Booing of Churchill

March 20, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Viewers of Ken Loach's The Spirit of '45 are shocked to see Winston Churchill being booed and heckled during the 1945 General Election campaign. They ought not to be remotely surprised writes David Eade

A long and dishonourable tradition

March 19, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

George Osborne may be just about the last person in Britain to believe that austerity offers a real path to recovery from recession and the resumption of growth - and it may be doubted that even he remains a true believer, writes Bryan Gould

Frozen Assets

March 18, 2013 1:01 pm Leave your thoughts

Why are we exploiting unconventional gas when we can't afford to burn existing supplies? George Monbiot asks the crucial question.