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On The Inside - The Fifth Column
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What is Truth? Elusive, and complex, usually. But always worth searching for.
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DISABILITY HATE CRIMES ON RISE
Sep 27, 2012Tap to summarizePoliticians, journalists to blame – and Paralympics ‘won’t make any long-term difference’. Dougal Patmore reports. Image courtesy of dominikgolenia via flickr.com ©© The post DISABILITY HATE CRIMES ON RISE appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →SWEENEY MEETS RUSSIAN ‘GREAT FAMINE’ SURVIVORS
May 16, 2012Tap to summarizeJohn Sweeney visits Ukraine to recall Stalin’s great famine with aged survivors, and to tell the story of two journalists – one who lied and won the Pulitzer, one who told the truth and was killed. The post SWEENEY MEETS RUSSIAN ‘GREAT FAMINE’ SURVIVORS appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →COLD WAR SYMBOL FOR A GENERATION… (Part 1)
Mar 23, 2012Tap to summarizeThat was the Berlin Wall, erected in a night, and in place for 28 years. Families were split, and lives ruined. Gerry Northam reports. The post COLD WAR SYMBOL FOR A GENERATION… (Part 1) appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →COLD WAR SYMBOL FOR A GENERATION… (Part 2)
Mar 23, 2012Tap to summarizeThe Berlin Wall, guarded for 28 years, saw many violent deaths and many ingenious escapes. Gerry Northam reports. The post COLD WAR SYMBOL FOR A GENERATION… (Part 2) appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →BLOODY SUNDAY REMEMBERED – EDWARD DALY
Feb 1, 2012Tap to summarizeThe priest who administered the last rites to victim Jackie, 17, amidst gunfire. An iconic photograph captured the scene. Mary Colwell reports. [Image courtesy of Mary Colwell. All rights reserved. ©] The post BLOODY SUNDAY REMEMBERED – EDWARD DALY appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →HAITI’S RELIGIOUS CLASH
Jan 12, 201200:13:44Tap to summarizeIn the rebuilding after the earthquake, Evangelicals bring aid to a country said to be 80 per cent Catholic and 100 per cent Voodoo. With very mixed results. Edward Stourton reports. The post HAITI’S RELIGIOUS CLASH appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →THE ART OF COMPLAINING
Dec 16, 201100:07:52Tap to summarizeComplaining is part and parcel of our everyday existence. Usually it’s personal, trivial, and not to be taken seriously. But sometimes it’s bigger than that. The question is: are there any tips for making sure our legitimate complaints are not only noted, but also acted upon? The answer is: Yes. Dougal Patmore finds out what they are – along the way meeting the man who sealed his letters of complaint with a loving kiss, and the choir whose members complained distinctively and effectively in song… The post THE ART OF COMPLAINING appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →WHAT THE PROTESTORS ARE SAYING
Dec 5, 201100:07:02Tap to summarizeOccupy London protests… the birth of people-powered politics? a gathering of non-toilet trained hippies? or one expression among many from people who ‘feel cheated’? Louisa Bolch decides. [Image Courtesy of Wheelzwheeler via Flickr.com ©©] The post WHAT THE PROTESTORS ARE SAYING appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →BETRAYAL OF THE OLD?
Oct 28, 201100:09:53Tap to summarizeBritain’s ethnic minorities call our country’s care of the elderly ‘horrible’ and ‘a betrayal’. For them, it’s culturally taboo for strangers to look after the elderly – and they also see the failings of our care home system. Do they have anything to teach the West? Interviewing care home nurses, relatives, and former ‘Pensioners Tzar’ Joan Bakewell, Louisa Bolch goes on the inside… [Image Courtesy of Steve Harper via Flickr.com ©©] The post BETRAYAL OF THE OLD? appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS
Oct 7, 201100:09:42Tap to summarizeThe war in Iraq claimed many thousands of victims, but forgotten among them were the multitude of religious minorities. First, they faced persecution. Later, many were killed. Finally, thousands were forced into exile. Edward Stourton reports from Iraq. [Image copyright of Mazur via flickr.com/catholicchurch.org.uk ©©] The post THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS appeared first on Things Unseen.
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