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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Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing billions can’t cleanse the brutal truth
From golf and football to Formula One, the kingdom uses unprecedented investments in global sport to divert attention from its persecution of journalists, dissidents and women, write BELLA KATZ and ROGER McKENZIE
GROTESQUE DISTRACTIONS: Bebe Rexha and David Guetta perform during the Fifa Club World Cup 2023 final at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Saudi Arabia, December 2023
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
THE phrase a man walks into a consulate could be the beginning of some sort of distasteful joke. But this is no joke.
Back in October 2018, Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi did in fact walk into his country’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey to obtain documents he needed for his forthcoming marriage. He never walked out.
Instead, he was murdered on what a United States intelligence report asserted was the direct order of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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