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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Winkle out a treat for your palate this spring
PETER FROST comes out of his shell with some sustainable and delicious British shellfish you should eat
Washing and sorting the freshly cought whelks ready for cooking at Whitstable Harbour, Kent
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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
CHATTING to a young (well, if 34 counts as young) mate recently, I don’t know who looked more horrified. Him at hearing I had never played a video game, or me at discovering he had never eaten or even heard of a winkle.
I’ll leave him to write about video games but use my space this week to praise the humble and much underrated — but sustainable — delicacy that is the winkle and a few of its close relatives among the shellfish of old England.
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