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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Operating Theatre is a charity that specialises in telling stories about health through drama. Artistic director ALEX ELLIOTT explains how this year they’ll focus on questions of health inequality — such as why low income has a direct impact on life expectancy
A still from a production called Out of Sight about a care home abuse scandal
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
PLACE matters. Don’t take my word for it. It’s there in the Marmot Review, 10 Years On, a document that revisits some of the causes and effects of health inequalities in Britain.
In this far-reaching report, there is a lot to absorb, so I recommend that you take some time out to read it.
When I first opened the document, I was immediately struck by a quote that appears in the introduction.
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