Tony Benn would have been 100 today. Here's the Labour titan's stunning anti-war speech, as powerful now as it was in 1998.

Nearly five years after effectively going bankrupt and receiving over £300m in bailouts, Croydon Council is shortlisted for “most improved council” at the Local Government Chronicle Awards, despite 27% council tax hikes since 2023. Locals are unimpressed, especially with the

Spent the day making memories leaves at West Ham Park for #ParkFest! 🍃✨ Such beautiful artwork created alongside our exhibition the wonderful folk of Forest Gate. There’s something magical about community coming together through art and nature 🎨🌿 #WestHamPark #ParkFest

ECH enjoyed another lovely trip to Gants Hill Library, celebrating South Asian Heritage Month, 'Roots to Routes' through creative colouring and a cuisine reminiscence session.

“We will set up offshore migrant hubs in a safe country” From the latest Private Eye, out now.

The Damascus Gate, Jerusalem. Photos taken 100 years apart. Built in 1537 by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, it stands on the site of earlier Roman & Islamic gates. For centuries, it has been a main entrance to al-Quds and a gateway to reach Masjid al-Aqsa.

Labour’s Identity Crisis The new Private Eye is out now.

The last 14 years would suggest otherwise...

Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen shared his economic wisdom at the Tory conference. The Conservative party, he said, must be the party of “sound money”. Could this be the same regional mayor who has presided over the vast transfer of levelling up funds into the pockets of

This Sitara (door textile) of the Ka'ba was crafted in Cairo for Sultan Abdülmecid during the Ottoman period in 1263 AH (1846-47 CE). It's displayed in the Islamic museum in Doha, Qatar. Made from silk with embroidered metal threads, it is the most ornate section of the kiswa,

Yemen, 1997. Photo by Steve McCurry

Damascus, Syria, details of the Umayyad mosque.

“It’s 007…” From the new Private Eye, out now.

“And so it was that on May 25, 1085, the ancient Visigothic capital of Toledo was returned to Christian rule, the first major city of al-Andalus to be lost by the Muslims. It was a curious victory, one that mirrored the Islamic conquest nearly four centuries earlier. And for all

Nighthawks 2025 From the new Private Eye, out now.

After reading the Eye's special report on how Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen’s flagship “levelling up” project became a taxpayer-funded scandal, a reader writes... Watch the full episode of Page 94 on YouTube.

🪐 Ottoman drawing, Planets, 1908.

Doors of Jaipur

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