Poverty is a war we’re still fighting

At the bottom of Cardiff ’s Queen Street, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan stands rendered in bronze, his far-seeing gaze unbroken by shoppers and seagulls. The statue is a tribute to the Labour politician who man

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York Membery Why does the VE Day anniversary matter to you? Sir Keir Starmer It was an incredible occasion – and a moment for all of us, myself included – to reflect and remember. It was a chance to h

Just before the Second World War in the 1930s, British farming was at the end of a long depression, partly caused by cheap grain imported from the North American prairies since the 1870s. Most farms w

Life in the Victorian slums was balanced on a knife-edge; one late rent payment or missed meal could have fatal results. Born against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, urban areas swelled wit

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