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    Why the Great Dock Strike of 1889 still matters for us today

    2nd June 2025 / No Comments

    (7 minutes) Jenny Sinclair tells the story of a momentous event when church leaders campaigned with dockers, unions and other allies to help the workers get the fair pay they needed for a decent life.

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    Wisdom from the East (End)

    14th April 2021
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    When society comes apart at the seams

    13th May 2022

    Ethno-religious nationalism in an age of anxiety

    3rd September 2020
  • History,  Social Issues

    A crisis of confidence: what future for the West?

    10th February 2025 / No Comments

    (8 minutes) Seeing the Western world’s Christian heritage as ‘unwanted baggage’ only puts at risk our future, argues Toby Lees.

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    “Never again”, the humanising power of war literature

    12th December 2019

    Three lessons from a city under siege

    18th March 2020

    Women who made a difference: the original Sisterhood

    8th March 2021
  • History

    “The Remains of a Negro”: Edward Lamb Parsons and his mysterious companion in death

    27th January 2025 / 2 Comments

    (14 minutes) Adam Brocklehurst went digging to discover some of the human faces involved in the transatlantic slave trade.

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    Edinburgh’s healing beauty

    14th January 2021

    Why the Great Dock Strike of 1889 still matters for us today

    2nd June 2025
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    Wake up and smell the (history of) coffee

    23rd February 2022
  • History

    The Italian presepe: history and meaning of an ancient Christmas tradition

    23rd December 2024 / 1 Comment

    (6 minutes) Monica Sharp explains why the comforting presence of the crèche persists.

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    “For 70 years the Queen turned up”

    27th September 2022

    Walking with the dead in Krakow

    19th May 2023

    How simplistic narratives can mislead us: a case study of the Galileo affair

    18th January 2022
  • Food for thought,  History

    Walking with the dead in Krakow

    19th May 2023 / 2 Comments

    (4 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst finds the elegant city as disturbing as the nearby death camp and asks himself why.

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    Hope: the undervalued virtue

    30th December 2022

    Daring to be myself

    9th October 2022

    Lessons from a chance encounter

    5th August 2024
  • History,  Latest,  Thought-provoking

    What’s in a coronation?

    3rd May 2023 / 1 Comment

    (4 minute read) Alex Osborn examines  just some of the many considerations which need to be thought about when Charles is crowned king this Saturday.

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    Do international courts of human rights promote or curb our freedom? One of Europe’s top judges replies.

    20th March 2020

    Lost in golden times: how a 20th century literary masterpiece could help you cope with Covid woes

    31st March 2020

    The efficiency of evil: Auschwitz and the detail of genocide

    14th October 2020
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    Western democracies: a bout of flu or terminally ill?

    16th January 2023 / 1 Comment

    (10 minute read) Lisa Fraser gives a thorough examination to the body politic. Read on for the results!

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    “The Remains of a Negro”: Edward Lamb Parsons and his mysterious companion in death

    27th January 2025

    A guide for restless hearts: in conversation with a classic of world literature

    27th May 2020

    The Italian presepe: history and meaning of an ancient Christmas tradition

    23rd December 2024
  • Art & Culture,  History

    The bricks of prejudice: a temple to health and inequality in Edwardian England

    14th January 2023 / 1 Comment

    (6 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst takes a trip to the baths to discover what makes a building great.

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    Beyond the headlines: refugees who enrich our countries

    28th January 2022

    Men like us: a review of The Two Popes film

    11th January 2020

    Drowning in a digital sea …

    4th March 2021
  • Food for thought,  History

    A French woman’s take on la Reine Elizabeth

    26th October 2022 / No Comments

    Lisa Fraser offers a Gallic perspective on the death of the British monarch.

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    On being your brother’s keeper

    29th July 2024

    Religions should work together to promote world peace

    29th September 2022

    The joke’s on us: why comedy is not always a laughing matter

    17th March 2025
  • Art & Culture,  History

    Portraits of beauty and corruption: the danse macabre of the Countess of Castiglione

    21st October 2022 / No Comments

    (3 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst comes face to face with the disfiguring power of time.

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    The Leningrad Symphony – Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony and how the Russians survived a siege

    30th March 2020

    Telling life’s real stories

    24th May 2020

    The bricks of prejudice: a temple to health and inequality in Edwardian England

    14th January 2023
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