Jago Hazzard charts the evolution of London's Green Park station from its 1906 opening as Dover Street to its modern role as a major interchange. You can support Jago's videos via his Patreon page.
When I was a secondary school student at a single sex council Grammar School in Newcastle in the mid-sixties some subjects crept into staff-student conversations in unlikely ways. An enlightened Anglican priest decided to include some sex education in his Religious Education efforts. The English teacher had no worries about students looking at the world hrough current party political eyes. We could do that because we were not short of youthful activists. There was Henry, an old-style Conservative, who would struggle to find a home in today's Tory party. Julian was what some would call soft-left Labour. Robert was Labour ...
"My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months - despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare." Maryam Tahmasebi writes from the hell of ICE detention. Femi Owolade argues that Black academics suffer when life stories eclipse scholarship: "Academics are ... expected to have stories that capture attention. University websites, media profiles and press releases often lead with biographies before discussing research. Stories of hardship, resilience and unlikely success have become part of higher education branding. The academic is no longer just a scholar but an integral part of the university's ...
Gloucestershire Live reports news of Heather McLain joining the Lib Dems in Tewkesbury: A Conservative councillor has defected to the Liberal Democrats after the "final straw" of the selection of an ex neo-Nazi as a Tory candidate in Somerset and Kemi Badenoch's comments about councillors. Heather McLain, who represents Severn Vale North at Tewkesbury Borough Council ... also said she has been very impressed with the "collaborative approach" of the Tewkesbury Lib Dems. Tewkebury Borough Council's Lib Dem leader Richard Stanley said his group is "absolutely delighted" to welcome her. Sign up to get the latest news and analysis
Yes, Leicestershire County Council is run by Reform. Why do you ask? Anyway, BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award.
The Times reports that the convicted fraudster who secretly bankrolled Nigel Farage has moved his company's address to the same building as Reform UK's headquarters, amid questions over how close he remains to the party. The paper says that Geostrategy International Unlimited, set up by George Cottrell last year, has changed its registered company address from the address of a company formation provider in the City of London to Millbank Tower where Reform UK has its offices. This is despite the fact that Reform UK say George Cottrell has no role in the party and that he paid for Farage's ...
