Andy Burnham could learn a few lessons from a previous Labour government in the pre-privatisation era on how to tackle water shortages, writes KEITH FLETT
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The National Education Museum (NEM) is a new initiative to create an institution that will inform, educate, enlighten and entertain the general public, explain its trustees
BOTTOM OF THE PILE: 19th century infant school
North East Volunteers for Liberty plan to mark a double anniversary in October for local heroes who stood firm against tyranny, writes TONY FOX
India’s monsoon is running below normal overall, yet extreme rainfall has already caused deadly flooding in Kerala, explains LIGIN JOSEPH
Renewed illusions in social democratic reformism are sprouting as a result of Andy Burnham’s rhetoric, but material conditions are already intruding into the debate, argues NICK WRIGHT
The US is hell-bent on dismantling the International Criminal Court as part of its assault on global legal systems, but others also have valid reasons to seek its demise. BEN CHACKO provides the analysis
ADVANCING EDUCATION THROUGH A PROUD HISTORY: our aim for the National Education Museum. Getting a good idea up and running
Good ideas are pretty easy. In Through the Looking Glass Alice says: “I can’t believe that!” “Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone.
“Try again. Draw a long breath and shut your eyes.” Alice laughed. “It’s no use trying,” she said. “One can’t believe impossible things.”
“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
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