Recognition and integration are two sides of the same coin. A minority, a community or a Diaspora can’t be asked to integrate if they are not recognized. Claudio Chipana In official statements much is said about the need for minorities to integrate and to respect ‘British values’ in […]
In Focus
In Focus
Living on lies
The patch of waste ground was covered over with tufts of grass, and isolated old stones, relics, remains of some dwelling which had once stood on the site. Steve Latham I used to walk home past this land on my home from going to the shops, when I […]
Identity and the legacy of slavery
In one very interesting piece of Dutch research, alienation and loneliness were analysed under four helpful identity types: ‘integrated identity, (an identity with both their ethnic group, and wider society), ‘separated identity’ (a strong ethnic identity, but weak national identity), ‘assimilated identity’ (a strong national identity only) and ‘marginalized identity’ […]
Trains not planes
The gas emissions from flights make up 2.4% of the world’s total carbon emissions and even a flight of a few hundred miles produces up to 50 times more pollution than a high-speed electric train. Sean Sheehan When you consider that some 75% of the world’s population never […]
A history of violence
I went to secondary school from 1968 until 1975. It was a Grammar School. I did not know that I was about to enter a world of institutionalised violence. Steve Latham At the pinnacle of our little world, was the Headmaster. In his office he kept the cane. […]