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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PADDY McGUFFIN despairs of Nato as its biennial back-slapping camp comes to a close in Newport
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
Well it’s been quite week hasn’t it?
The Nato bean feast in South Wales is winding up, the last of the champagne quaffed, oysters shucked and the assembled wasters poured into their private jets nursing taxpayer funded gout attacks.
And what exactly have they achieved? Apart from the square root of sweet FA.
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