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MYTH AND TABOO: Can Integration Ever Solve Racism?
Far from being topics of taboo, integration, immigration and racism have been politicised for years in dishonest narratives. Are Tony Blair and other centrists going down the same path again as populism rears its ugly head once more?
The Light of the Beguines: Medieval Europe's Altruistic Women
The story of the Beguines is important to remember in a time of increasing social fracturing.
Two Days In April: Did Love at First Sight Change the World for Ever?
Mike Stuchbery argues that Petrarch's passion for his muse Laura triggered the Renaissance imagination and paved the way for modernity.
On the Ruin of Britain - the First Great National Remoaners
The Count of the Saxon recalls the first book to record the timeless British refrain - 'things aren't what they used to be'.
