Parents and pupils at Holland Park School, one of England’s most prestigious academy schools, are in dispute with ministers over plans for the school to be taken over by one of the country’s largest academy chains, United Learning Trust (ULT). Around 200 pupils are reported to have taken part in a protest inside the school …

During the 13th and 14th centuries, England suffered from a high homicide rate, comparable to that of New York City during the tumultuous 1970s. At this time, public order had collapsed, and criminal bands, more treacherous than Robin Hood’s men, terrorized the countryside. Witnessing this violence, lords and affluent peasants constructed moats around their properties …

Rewritten: Joan Fratter, my mother who passed away at the age of 77, was a pioneering social worker who dedicated her retirement to championing environmental, ethical, and social justice causes. Born in Chingford, Essex, Joan grew up during the Second World War with her twin sister, Joyce, to hardworking parents who supplied electrical parts to …