With the death of Pope Francis, the world loses not only a church leader but also a moral compass
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Forget the endless Jack the Ripper programmes, whatever happened to investigative journalism?
Documentaries exposing real miscarriages of justice have virtually disappeared from our TV screens. PAUL DONOVAN asks why
Gerard Conlon, one of the Guildford Four outside the Old Bailey after his release
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
WHAT has happened to miscarriage of justice programmes — have they been replaced by history mystery?
How would the Birmingham Six or Guildford Four get on these days, with the vista of miscarriages of justice having virtually disappeared from our TV screens?
Maybe they would have had to wait 100 years or so in order that their cases could be examined by “experts” of some future generation, looking back with the benefit of hindsight and new investigative techniques.
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