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Understanding how our ancestors may have benefited from industrialisation and colonialism could help us become more climate-friendly citizens.
If the UK government is serious about levelling up the country, granting its second-tier cities more political and financial independence would be a good place to start.
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The statue was part of a push in the Victorian era to create mercantile heroes. Colston’s slaving activities were conveniently glossed over.
After years of inaction by authorities, protesters have forced the point – opening a new chapter in this monument’s history.
What happens in Bristol could set an important precedent for councils to step up and defend their local community’s interests.
As traffic slows down, research is gathering momentum.
Satellite research in Ethiopia is opening up a new frontier in the hunt for geothermal power.
It’s time for governments to put a stop to the twisted logic of gentrification.
May 2016 sees contests for the position of elected mayor in four major cities across England.
British mayors first appeared eight centuries before the current election campaigns.
The conventional image of suburbia is one of bland affluence and social homogeneity. Suburbs are where the middle classes aspire to make their nests. They are the idealised safe havens for raising children…
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