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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Freed from the constraints of the EU, the Tories will declare war on our rights
by Chris Stephens
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 parallels between the current predicaments facing both the Conservative government and that of the Lannister family in Game of Thrones will not be lost on the millions of fans of that popular drama.
The government are the Lannisters and the rest of King’s Landing make up the rest of the Conservative Party — under the control of zealots and fanatics more interested in purity of ideology and basic power struggles ensuring nothing gets done while the populace suffer.
While we can only speculate about the real-life identity of the High Sparrow, the resemblance is uncanny.
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