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From leave to remain: new rules for EU nationals post-Brexit
Alison Stanley, head of immigration, Bindmans solicitors © Tim Dawson
New entitlements have been created for EU nationals who already live in the UK and wish stay here. Alison Stanley, the head of immigration and asylum at Bindmans solicitors gave NUJ members an overview of these, focussing on their https://cheapnolvadexpct.com …
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Sauce For The Goosesteppers
Review of As A Man Grows Younger at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre 19 – 23 February 2019 Calling out resurgent fascism is a recurring trope on the left. Some manifestations uniform themselves unambiguously: the National Front, the British National …
Double magnum: the conception of Robert Capa and photojournalism
Review of TARO, at the Brockley Jack Theatre 19 January – 16 February 2019 The defining moment of darkroom photo processing occurs in the tray of developer. In to this pungent liquid slides a white sheet of paper revealing no …
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Chief constable shoots the messenger as gun men roam free
Picture Northern Ireland’s most senior police officer, George Hamilton, settling down to watch the film No Stone Unturned. It must have left him worried, angry and possibly betrayed. It certainly landed a big decision in his lap. The documentary feature, …
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Positive about The Negatives
Watching BBC’s Informer last night a snatch of music unearthed deeply buried memories. The song was ‘We’re From Bradford’ by The Negatives – a band who were together for less than a year, never performed outside Yorkshire and who released one …
Chill factor: Tooting Bec’s million gallon antidote to overheating
After the longest hot stretch in recent memory, I had expected a pulsating throng at Tooting Bec Lido. Instead, it was a surprisingly select gathering of refugees from the sweltering Smoke who assembled at the venerable south London oasis on …
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Message in a bottle save
There are two empty jeroboams in my friend Neil’s wine cellar the labels of both of which are covered in signatures and bon mots from the diners who enjoyed their contents. My name is on both. We drank the wine …
No saviour at Godless West Ham
A memory of Billy Graham on the occasion of his demise in his 100th year. A version of this piece originally appeared in Nearly Reach The Sky by Brian Williams (Biteback Publishing 2015) My one visit to Upton Park left …
Roast Peanuts, how Charlie Brown introduced me to girls
June 1976 What I enjoyed about ‘Peanuts’ is hard now to say. Charles Shultz’ strip cartoon appeared in The Observer’s colour magazine, which my parents bought on Sundays, and each week, I devoured the four-panel tale. Snoopy’s fantasy’s life as …
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