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  • 7 Feb 2012
    Charles Dickens: a writer for our Hard Times

    “Even the burial of his body in the Abbey was a species of theft when you come to think of it”. George Orwell's words came into my mind as I watched the ceremonies surrounding today's 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.

  • 4 Feb 2012
    Catholic bishops in India concerned about growing economic divide

    The president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India says that the widening gap between rich and poor is "a matter of serious concern for the church".

  • 31 Oct 2011
    Our hard times: muddle or conspiracy?

    “It's aw a muddle, lass. Aw a muddle.” This was the dying lament of Stephen Blackpool, the power-loom operator of Hard Times who was driven to physical and emotional ruin by the ruthless economic and industrial system of his day.

  • 3 Sep 2011
    Poverty and mega-wealth in India

    A few weeks ago I had a holiday in India. I used to live there and so I might be one of the few foreigners who actually loves arriving in Delhi, stepping out of the airport into the cruel heat, sooty air and architecture of the perpetually half-built.

  • 3 May 2011
    Church, union and community group members live on £1 a day

    Members of churches, trade unions and community groups are pledging to live on £1-a-day from 2-6 May to raise funds and in solidarity with the global poor.

  • 7 Jan 2011
    Rich visitors and alternative eco-nomics

    Travelling around as a comparatively prosperous person in a country marked by significant poverty and inequality is not easy - unless you are largely insensitive to these things, which sadly, some Westerners seem to be, just reckoning that "this is simply the way things are" and revelling in how much their overvalued dollar can buy.

  • 11 Oct 2010
    Britain is unequal and deeply divided, says new report

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission is today publishing a 700 page report that shows Britain to be a deeply divided country.

  • 27 Jul 2010
    Health gap between rich and poor wider than in 1930s

    The health gap between the richest and poorest in Britain is now wider than it was during the great depression, according to researchers from Sheffield and Bristol Universities. The figures reflect a similar growth in economic inequality.

  • 28 May 2010
    Win two tickets to 'Welcome to Thebes'

    Win one of three pairs of tickets to the National Theatre’s spectacular new production Welcome to Thebes - a new play by Moira Buffini.

  • 25 Apr 2010
    The Rich List should be an election issue

    The front pages of two of today's newspapers say a great deal about the skewed priorities that are continuing to shape the general election campaign.