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Railway station architecture isn’t always to the fore but there are so many attractive railway stations in Europe - here’s a small selection. Antwerp, Helsinki, St.Pancras, London and Wemyss Bay, Scotland

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Ludēk Alois Marold (1865 - 1898). Czech painter and illustrator.

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Clement Attlee (1883 – 1967) Why is this man effectively ‘airbrushed’ out of political history. Voted most successful PM in different polls over the years. We have Thatcherism and Blairism to describe political ideologies - but no Atleeism newhistories.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/volumes/2012...

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So DOGE is a temporary department on renaming of US Digital Service. A single page that supposedly authorises the dismantling and ad hoc gutting of departments and undermining the constitution and Senate. Lawyers: dismantle this simplistic ‘Executive Order’. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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L S Lowry RBA RA (1887 – 1976) English artist from Pendlebury, Greater Manchester where he lived and worked for more than 40 years Painted scenes of life in the industrial districts in the mid-20th century and developed a distinctive style of painting - often referred to as "matchstick men".

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Is McCarthyism back HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty or rebel activities by private citizens, public employees and organisations suspected of having Communist ties. Gov’t employees could be blacklisted and could lose their jobs thetricontinental.org/mccarthyism-...

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‘Inherit The Wind’ goes ‘Back To The Future’ with this powerful clip of Spencer Tracy in the true film about the 1925 Scopes trial. youtu.be/xFdUHCqfSh0

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