Post-Christmas musings on the R word
The Queen has in her Christmas speech welcomed new members into the royal family in 2018. Prince Harry will soon have a mother-in-law who is African American and the young couple’s future children will...
View ArticleDaily View 2×2: 17 September 2009
Good morning. Today we remember the deaths of Hildegard von Bingen, and, centuries later, Laura Ashley; and today’s birthday girl is Tessa Jowell. Two big stories A surprising number of newspapers seem...
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Opinion: Race issue must not be trivialised
It’s been a busy week for “race” and ethnicity in the media. We’ve had the Stephen Lawrence verdict as well as Diane Abbott’s wayward tweet. The latter of these was analysed in a frustratingly blasé...
View ArticleDuwayne Brooks interviewed on Today
Liberal Democrat Councillor Duwayne Brooks, the only witness to Stephen Lawrence’s murder, talked movingly to Radio Four’s Today programme this morning. He described some of the effects of his...
View ArticleLibLink: Tim Farron – Lib Dems are fighting to keep Britain open-hearted
Embed from Getty Images In The Times today(£), Tim Farron has a “Red Box” article which accompanies his speech tonight on post-Brexit hate crime and rising xenophobia. He begins: It has been...
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