£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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Confronting PTSD with Combat Stress
It’s incredible to think, that 2025 marks 106 years since Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health was founded, back on the 12th May, 1919. Their original name was the Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare Society and they opened their first “recuperative home” in 1920 on Putney Hill in South West London, for soldiers suffering Shell-Shock fr…
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Going beyond the lines with Manchester’s stained glass
Victoria Baths is a Grade II listed building, in the Chorlton-on-Medlock area of Manchester, England. The baths opened to the public in 1906. Victoria Baths is widely recognised as Britain’s finest historic municipal swimming pool - from the iconic green tiles to its beautiful stained glass.
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Women in Revolt explores the culture of liberation
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990 is a landmark exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, and features over 90 women artists and collectives whose ideas helped fuel the women’s liberation movement during a period of significant social, economic and political change.
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Meet Bob Le Sueur. An ordinary man and his extraordinary life in occupied Jersey
In 2022, tributes poured in for Bob Le Sueur , a hero during the Nazi occupation of Jersey in World War Two. The historian, who died aged 102, was best known for saving many escaped Russian slave labourers during the occupation. His friend Chris Stone said he was an "incredibly generous person" who spent his life helping others. Mr Stone, of BB…
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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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