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The political spectrum: how we imagine rainbows
Under lockdown during the bubonic plague of 1666, Isaac Newton ‘unwove’ the enduring political symbol for hope and peace. ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL tell the story of the rainbow
Isaac Newton and a thank you note to Britain's key workers
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
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DURING this crisis, people have been putting pictures of rainbows in the windows of their houses and online. Rainbows have an unrivalled dominance in the history of hope symbols.
They have been used all over the world in the service of a vast range of causes.
In modern life, not just for religious causes and LGBT liberation, the “PACE” (peace) flag against the Iraq war, the Wiphala flag of South American indigenous peoples (including Evo Morales supporters in Bolivia) are all rainbows.
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