Out of the closet, slowly and cautiously
Britain’s 1957 Wolfenden Report was the first step towards changing legal and social perspectives on homosexuality in the English-speaking world
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Author: Pat Murphy
Crossroads: the growing Republican divide
Rather than a positive endorsement of their world view, Republican electoral success comes down to a simple rejection of the Democrats
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Irish Civil War left long memories and bitter divisions
Ninety years ago this month Irish cabinet minister Kevin O’Higgins was assassinated as payback for his role in the Irish Civil War that ended four years earlier
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The Summer of Love was a media event, not a revolution
People across the globe, of all classes, loved the music but could live without the hippy idea, thank you very much
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Vive le Quebec libre, 50 years later
There was a swift response to Charles de Gaulle’s intrusion into Canadian affairs during the centennial summer of 50 years ago
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