£184bn art tribute portrait to Britain's unpaid carers
Specsavers Home Visits and Carers UK have launched the UK’s ‘ The Most Valuable Portrait ’, serving as a powerful tribute to the vital contributions of carers who so often remain hidden. As Mark Johnson reports, the portrait by critically acclaimed artist Colin Davidson, has been assigned a symbolic value of £184 billion by Roseberys, a leading London fin…
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Where will history take you?
The Imperial War Museum North makes full use of its renowned architecture to present powerful and inspiring stories. Explore a vast collection of objects and learn about the impact of world-shaping events on ordinary people’s lives. Also, check out the IWM's new collection of books which have been published to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe Day …
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How will you mark Victory in Europe Day?
World War Two was the most destructive global conflict in history. It began when Nazi Germany unleashed ferocious attacks across Europe - but it spread to the Soviet Union, China, Japan and the United States. Cities were destroyed by air raids, the atom bomb was dropped on Japan and six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Over 50 million soldiers a…
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Go behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ with Cold War Conversations
Hosts Ian Sanders, James Chilcott and Peter Ryan bring your ears into the heart of the Cold War . Reading a history book is one thing, but actually hearing a human voice brings a whole new dimension to understanding what it was like to be directly impacted by the Cold War.
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Welcome back to the German Democratic Republic
After World War Two, the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany, was founded as a second German state, alongside the Federal Republic of Germany, which was more commonly known as West Germany. This partition reflected the victorious US, French and UK forces on the West, who during WW2 had joined forces with the Soviet Union in the East. Whi…
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What do you believe in?
Check out Martin Luther King’s acceptance speech , on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 10 December 1964. Martin Luther King Jr. held his acceptance speech in the auditorium of the University of Oslo. Established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change has been a global …
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AMAR’s Yazidi Choir. Can you hear the people sing?
In 2019, Rana founded the AMAR Ashti Choir and is being supported by the AMAR Foundation, a British based charity. Several women in the choir were ISIS captives and others have lost family members. “This folk music, it’s also a kind of affiliation of our religion,” says Mamou Othman, who studies music as psychotherapy at the University of Dohuk. “There ar…
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New Iraq inquiry to examine Britain’s responses to Daesh war crimes
The UK’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has announced a new Iraq inquiry into accountability for Daesh crimes, following up on work done in the previous Parliament. Daesh, also known as Islamic State, ISIS or ISIL, grew to prominence in the early 2010s, taking advantage of instability in Syria and Iraq to control large parts of their territory. Daesh co…
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ISIS member charged in German court
A high-ranking Islamic State (IS) member has been charged in Germany with war crimes and crimes against humanity, including aiding in the genocide of the Yazidi community, prosecutors announced Wednesday. As the Media Line reports, the suspect, identified as Ossama A., is a Syrian national accused of significant involvement in IS operations in Syria. Pros…
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Internet laws need regular updates, says UK science secretary
TECHNOLOGY Secretary Peter Kyle has called for regular updates to online safety laws amid increased fears of children being exposed to harmful content on Facebook and Instagram. As Berny Torre reported in the Morning Star, following Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that his social media platforms would do away with its content moderation…
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Genocide in Europe: It couldn’t happen again. Or, could it?
Is there an answer to Elon Musk and his question : “Could what happened to the Yazidi people one day happen to Europe?” Let’s remember it was St. Maximilian Kolbe, who died in Auschwitz but had stated: ’ The most deadly poison of our time is indifference .’ To get an insight, when answering such a question like the one asked by Musk, people should look at …
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Yazidi woman reunites with family a decade after ISIS abduction
A Yazidi woman kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014 reunited with her family in Shingal’s Kocho village on Sunday after being rescued from Syria’s northwestern Idlib province last month. S.K, the 30-year-old Yazidi woman was rescued from Idlib with the assistance of the Office of Rescuing Abducted Yazidis, an organization affiliated with the Kurdi…
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Twenty councillors quit Labour over winter fuel cuts
PM Keir Starmer has been dealt a dramatic new year blow after 20 councillors from a single local authority quit Labour in protest over his policies, as Andrew Murray reports. The members of Broxtowe Council in Nottinghamshire said the government had “abandoned traditional Labour values,” citing in particular the cutting of winter fuel payments for pensione…
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Elderly at greater risk of death during cold snap
THE elderly are at risk of dying in a cold snap due to last till January 8, the UK Health Security Agency warned yesterday. It issued cold weather health alerts for all of England ahead of a week of low temperatures, the Morning Star reports. The amber alerts say a rise in deaths, particularly of those aged 65 and over or with health conditions, is likely…
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