by Archive | Jun 19, 2014
Many years ago, I lived in a flat in a run-down area of an industrial city. The woman in the rooms directly above me was working as a prostitute. Many years ago, I lived in a flat in a run-down area of an industrial city. The woman in the rooms directly above me was...
by Archive | Jun 19, 2014
I often speak to people in their seventies and eighties about what life was like when they were young. These are working-class men and women, from a Northern industrial town, who all left school when they were 14 or 15, with very basic qualifications. They had no...
by Archive | Jun 16, 2014
At least three Muslims were shot dead in southern Sri Lanka after a hardline ‘Sinhala Buddhist’ group went on the rampage. Dozens more were injured and buildings set alight as the Bodu Bala Sena marched on Aluthgama and surrounding areas. At least three Muslims were...
by Archive | Jun 16, 2014
When is a scandal not a scandal? Perhaps when politicians and the media simply think it’s not important, because it affects only a powerless minority. When is a scandal not a scandal? Perhaps when politicians and the media simply think it’s not important, because it...
by Archive | Jun 12, 2014
Schools in which pupils are taught to follow the same values as the government are usually associated with totalitarian regimes. This has not stopped Michael Gove and David Cameron from saying that ‘British values’ should be taught in all British schools....
