Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Braf iawn ydyw fod un o gantorion opera mwyaf blaenllaw’r byd, Bryn Terfel, yn perfformio mewn dau gyngerdd yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Caerdydd i ddathlu llais a bywyd Paul Robeson.
Mab caethwas croenddu yn Unol Daleithiau America, roedd hefyd yn ganwr ac actor enwog yn ystod ei fywyd cythryblus a dewr.
Pan fu farw ym 1976, roedd miliynau o bobl ar draws y byd yn galaru colli un o bobl fwyaf yr ugeinfed ganrif — cawr o ddyn sy’n haeddu lle ochr yn ochr â Nelson Mandela fel ymladdwr dros ryddid.
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