Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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Diane Abbott was quite right to call out the commodification of sexuality that’s being encouraged at British universities, says ANNA FISHER
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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LAST week Diane Abbott MP tweeted about the “sex worker” training that Durham University was offering its students.
Abbott, who has the distinction of being both Britain first black female MP and the MP who has suffered the most abuse on social media, quite rightly described this as “horrific.”
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