Mounting evidence about how slavery shaped Britain shows that teaching about its history cannot be a matter of choice

Yes, after 25 years I’m signing off, and I’ve cherished every moment – especially storming the French embassy with a (toy) AK-47, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The grandson of a Holocaust survivor points to the Stolperstein for his great-grandmother, killed in Treblinka, 1942. Photo: Jaime Ashworth. The Stolpersteine project by artist Gunther Demnig is pe…

Protestant march taking place in an area that historically has been a flashpoint of sectarian disputes

An East German town has approved a motion by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and ruling centre-right ​Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to reject future installation of brass plaques ‌comme...

Thirty-seven-year-old in custody suspected of committing crimes including ‘criminal damage to endanger life’

Counter-terrorism police say ‘long-running investigation’ disrupted alleged plot days after two men arrested on eve of the holy day Yom Kippur

The fact that some migrants pay people smugglers thousands of pounds makes them well off, MP claims

“Jews not wanted here” sign, Germany 1937 (Julien Bryan/USHMM #64416) The decision by the Oxfordshire village of Piddington to vote to leave the UK over “concerns” about proposed immigr…

Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.

A plane flies over Tate Modern, Bankside, London. Photo: Jaime Ashworth, June 2020. The twentieth anniversary of 9/11 is a significant milestone, in the paradoxical way that the ordinary turning of…

Volunteers told to consider not wearing branded clothing and to shut lifeboat stations if they feel in danger * Police working to protect RNLI in Dorset amid opposition to small boat rescues The RNLI is stepping up security after a backlash from far-right agitators over the lifeboat charity’s involvement in rescuing asylum seekers in the Channel and landing them on UK shores. Volunteers have been told by the charity’s bosses that they should consider not wearing RNLI branded clothing if they feel this might put them at risk. Continue reading...

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