When driving through the town of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, it’s hard not to notice that something stinks. From miles around you can see the plumes of thick white smoke billowing into the sky from the sugar factory; the whole area is pervaded by its sickly sweet smell. Halfway across the world, however, its […]
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This article was originally written for International Tax Review With the UK chairing the G8 this year, more than 100 charities have come together under the banner of the IF campaign, whose basic premise is that there is enough food in the world for everyone if certain conditions, including ending tax avoidance and increasing financial
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It’s a bit of a cliché to fall back on the Bible of Monty Python if you’re a lefty, but when you’re dealing with something as timeless as Life of Brian, it’s no surprise there are parallels more than 30 years on. When John Cleese’s militant cries “but apart from better sanitation and medicine and
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At 11.39pm, April 14 1912, a man called Robert Hitchins made the mistake of turning right instead of left. The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, taking with it a captain who had blithely ignored all warnings of danger and plowed on full steam ahead with the arrogance of an Empire which was soon
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The world produces enough food for everyone, but there’s an if. And it’s a big IF. To tackle it, 100 major charities are joining forces for what seems the biggest NGO campaign since 2005’s Make Poverty History. My good friends at Christian Aid sent me the following press release, which I wholly support: 100 MAJOR
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