Special report by PEOPLE’S WORLD
NEARLY two centuries ago in the 1830s, six farm workers in west Dorset formed a trade union. That single invention would go all the way round the world.
In 1989 a British scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, invented the world wide web.
Originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world, it has now grown to be a diverse network for all sorts of information exchange.
BEN COWLES samples the many sonic and social therapies of Manchester Punk Festival 2026, and is ready again to smash capitalism
TOM STONE sings the praises of one of the oldest open-air festivals in Britain
ANN HENDERSON on the exciting programme planned for this summer’s festival in the Scottish capital
MOLLIE BROWN reports on this year’s festival in honour of the ‘seven men of Jarrow’ deported to Australia for union activity 193 years ago


