A 1936 confrontation with Mosley’s BUF became part of a wider international struggle, with local activists later joining the fight against fascism in the Spanish civil war. TONY FOX tells the story ahead of a 90th anniversary commemoration event
Finding Britain’s ‘shadow woods’ offers the fastest way to reforest the countryside
IAN D ROTHERHAM offers a glimpse into Britain’s ancient landscapes
Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY
SEVIM DAGDELEN warns that Germany’s military resurgence and revival of old hostilities towards Russia have dangerous implications for Europe and beyond
MATT KERR takes stock of a night of by-elections, where the long repeated warnings for Labour and the political class remain stubbornly unheeded
Trump Is Building a Legal and Military Architecture to Invade Latin America. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Despite forming most of Britain’s trade union membership, women continue to endure harassment, inequality and minimal support for their sex-based rights, warns VALERIE COULTAS
WHEN William the Conqueror surveyed his new kingdom in 1086, from lowland to upland, Britain was covered with trees.
In low-lying Yorkshire, the East Anglian fens and the Somerset Levels, wet woods of tall white willows and alders lined great rivers.
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