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Boudica, or, How Present-Day Politics Changes The Past: The London History Show
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Johan Rockström interview | Planetary boundaries, ‘negative emissions’, mitigation models & fairness
Johan Rockström is best known for his work on the Planetary Boundary Framework and as co-director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. In this wide-ranging conversation with Kevin Anderson, recorded in Norway in March 2023, they discuss their … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Reflections, Valerie Amos
Baroness Amos talks to James Naughtie about a career on the front line of world affairs. Baroness Amos takes James Naughtie behind the scenes of a career in the foreign office, Tony Blair’s government, and the UN, and reflects on … Continue reading
Was Blitz Spirit Really A Thing?: The London History Show
During the Second World War, Londoners were subjected to a bombing campaign we call “The Blitz”. Today, we associate “Blitz Spirit” with high morale, upstanding citizenship, and being a good neighbour. But how much of that actually went on? Let’s … Continue reading
Photo Captures the First Women Doctors of India, Japan, and Syria | My Modern Met
By Regina Sienra on September 24, 2023 hoto: Legacy Center Archives, Drexel College of Medicine. They attended the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, which was one of the world’s first medical schools for women. According to the Association of American … Continue reading
What Eating the Rich Did For Japan
The Zaibatsu of Japan practically ran the nation’s economy. Over the span of many decades going into the early 1900s, the families who owned these titanic businesses grew to possess plutocratic amounts of wealth. Unchecked expansionism allowed their industrial combines … Continue reading
How the Italian mafia makes millions from tinned tomatoes | It’s Complicated
f your tinned tomatoes come from southern Italy, it’s likely that organised crime had a hand in getting them from the farm to the supermarket shelf. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The mafia controls much of the … Continue reading
