On 13 November 2015, 130 people died in terrorist attacks in Paris. However, eclipsed by the US election and Remembrance Day, the commemoration received little media coverage. How can we prevent such tragedies from slipping our minds, or more importantly, why should we? 299 people died in an earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy on 24 August […]
Until 1997, every night at 3am the orchestral tones of “God Save the Queen” would resound through the living rooms of nocturnal BBC viewers all over the UK. Tory MP Andrew Rosindell has recently requested BBC 1 to reinstate this custom in honour of Brexit. While a spokesperson for the broadcaster refuted the idea – […]
On 8 November 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first woman elected to represent New York as a Senator. Never before in US history had a first lady obtained public office. We know countless facts about the public figure Clinton, a Yale University graduate, first lady, and politician, who was once dubbed “the best-known woman […]
In an establishment on Early Grey Street in Tollcross, customers stroll through a small but well-organised salesroom, browsing through a selection of clothes or studying the backs of used books. This place is not unlike dozens of charity shops in Edinburgh, apart from one crucial difference; signs on the shop’s entrance door and inside state […]