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Repeating the lessons of History by failing to learn from them
Share/Bookmark On Monday 29 December 2012, just as many in the nation were reflecting on the closing year and hoping that better would come in 2013, the Daily Mail published an article indicating that worse would continue and be compounded. In that article, Jonathan Petre commented on ‘leaked drafts of the new history curriculum to be
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Letter to Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Share/BookmarkThe following letter was sent to Rt Hon Theresa May MP (by then, Home Secretary in David Cameron’s Cabinet), on July 4th, 2011. Dear Home Secretary, Call for a People’s Inquiry into Gun and Knife Killings in the African Community I write in relation to the recent upsurge of gun- and knife-enabled killings involving young
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New Cross fire – a turning point?
Share/Bookmark January 18th 1981 was a point of no return; an important historic moment in the life of Black Britain and arguably a defining moment for our modern diverse society. On that day a fire at a birthday party at 439 New Cross Road, Deptford in south east London ended the lives of 13 black teenagers. In the
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Serious Youth Violence in the Capital
Share/BookmarkThe following paper was submitted for consideration by the London Mayor’s ‘Time for Action’ and Community Safety Teams and the London Mayor’s Expert Advisory Group. Context: On 13 December 2010, the Mayor’s Expert Advisory Group (MEAG) received and discussed a paper: Serious Youth Violence in London – a brief retrospective on recent action that was
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