In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
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The wild plants that helped win two wars
PETER FROST has been out and about in the hedgerows diligently engaged in an intrepid search of some of the most secret weapons from two world wars. Here’s what he discovered
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Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners co-founder MIKE JACKSON talks to Matt Kerr about the enduring power of Pride, protest and trade unionism
Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
This year marks the centenary of the merchant navy convoys that broke the U-boat stranglehold on transatlantic shipping in WWII.
The heroes of the merchant navy did a remarkable job, but it still needed other imaginative and resourceful work to ensure Britons got a healthy diet.
Growing children and their parents needed vitamins, particularly vitamin C, but importing fruit and orange juice would take up valuable shipping space.
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