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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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
We interrupt this column to bring you an urgent appeal from the Guild of Scribblers, Pontificators, Intellectuals and Nit-pickers.
It has recently been brought to our attention that your so-called columnist, a certain “Paddy McGuffin” if that is his name, which we very much doubt, has had the temerity to, not once but on numerous occasions, call into question the honesty, veracity and sober nature of our guild members and their noble tradition.
This must be stamped out with extreme prejudice, as we should have done with Gutenberg, who allowed every reprobate and rabble-rouser access to the printed word.
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