By Roger Cornish Jack was fuming.He’d simply had enough. He said: “They come over here.They come over here.” “Who comes over here, Jack?” “Thems boat... Continue reading
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Reform – a poem by Roger Cornish
By Roger Cornish Jack was fuming.He’d simply had enough. He said: “They come over here.They come over here.” “Who comes over here, Jack?” “Thems boat people,thems boat…
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The Plotland Houses of Britain: How a 20th century working-class housing movement was stifled
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We Are Church International: tentative steps towards cultural democracy in the Roman Catholic church
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Christian England by Gilbert and George By Gregory Dalrymple-White All this used to be fieldsthat spreadyields that fed peoplewho gave ambitionto a systemabused all of... Continue reading
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I was a refugee and you welcomed me: A CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST COMMENTARY ON THE ASCENSION AND PENTECOST
By Geoff Bottoms Only in Luke’s Acts of the Apostles, recording the very earliest days of the infant church, do we get a timeline of... Continue reading
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I told them the flat was damp,cold, that mould grew in the kitchen,mushrooms in the wardrobe.They gave me a flag.Said “Here, wave this.” I took... Continue reading