ORGANISERS of a massive Rejoin the EU march and rally at Westminster on September 23 have urged as many Scots as possible to head south to make their presence felt and send a strong message to England’s political leaders – in particular Labour’s Keir Starmer.
FOR a relatively small visitor attraction, the Museum of Free Derry certainly packs a powerful punch. Moving, poignant and emotional are among the words that crop up most often in the visitor’s book in the reception area and it’s easy to see why.
THE 137th Durham Miners’ Gala on Saturday was loud, proud, spectacular and inspirational. Once again, the Big Meeting attracted around 200,000 participants and spectators despite the fact there’s not a single deep mine left in the entire UK.
KEIR Starmer will not be addressing the 137th Durham Miners’ Gala ...
IN the summer of 1871, William Crawford, president of the fledgling Durham Miners’ Association, formally opened the union’s inaugural gala...
THIS magnificent miners' banner dating from the 1890's and still regularly on display at Beamish Museum, County Durham, is living proof that Robert Burns' values of egalitarianism and radicalism were appreciated outside his native Scotland - even in the days before the internet turned the Bard into a worldwide icon.
GO in to any Irish pub from Aberdeen to Adelaide, Clydebank to Chicago or Dundee to Dunedin and it won’t be long before the haunting strains of Dirty Old Town waft out from the jukebox or sound system.
