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To Hull and Back Again: Poles connecting

To Hull and Back Again: Poles connecting Date: 28 November 2012

University of Hull Professor Martin Goodman describes how Polish migrants have become integrated into the Hull community, and how the university is even home now to a Polish consulate.

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“I’m English, but not British”

“I’m English, but not British” Date: 23 November 2012

I can’t really pinpoint an exact moment when I stopped feeling British; it was more of a process than a single event. There was a time just a few years ago when I remember feeling very proud to be both English and British, though always in that order, writes Ben Alltimes.

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REVIEW: Giving our Past a Future

REVIEW: Giving our Past a Future Date: 20 November 2012

Bringing the crucial work of the World Monuments Fund alive away from the actual buildings being restored is a difficult task. The Giving our Past a Future exhibition doesn’t quite manage it. Instead the hidden passages and untouched bookshelves of the Sir John Soane Museum were far more captivating, and well worth a look, writes Georgia Hussey.

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Stadium v synagogue: The hidden history of Jewish football in Britain

Stadium v synagogue: The hidden history of Jewish football in Britain Date: 20 November 2012

“Football is not for a Yiddisher boy,” Anthony Clavane is told at school and so has a football confiscated, followed in turn by a tennis ball, an apple core and an orange peel. This Pythonesque anecdote suggests English Jews were hostile to “footbollick”; that they considered the sport unfitting for the people of the book.

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VIDEO: Marching through Northampton’s shoe history

VIDEO: Marching through Northampton’s shoe history Date: 13 November 2012

It’s the town where Dr Marten’s first made their mark, and Oliver Cromwell got his marching boots; British Future’s Rachael Jolley returns to Britain’s shoe town Northampton.

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“British sport must commemorate Great War”

“British sport must commemorate Great War” Date: 10 November 2012

British sport has a “special responsibility” to commemorate the centenary of the war because sport was “the most effective recruiting sergeant in sending men to the trenches,” say British Future’s Matthew Rhodes and Sunder Katwala in an essay published this Remembrance weekend.

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Who was greatest sporting hero who died in the Great War?

Who was greatest sporting hero who died in the Great War? Date: 10 November 2012

The largest collective acts of commemoration this remembrance weekend will take place at sporting events. The Millennium Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park, Murrayfield and Twickenham will fall silent ahead of the rugby internationals, and more than half a million supporters will pay their respects at club grounds, large and small, around Britain, with red poppies embroidered into football shirts in the English and Scottish premier leagues, writes Matthew Rhodes.

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Romney’s strategy could have won 1988 election

Romney’s strategy could have won 1988 election Date: 9 November 2012

The Republicans used to routinely win Presidential elections. Now the party will have to have a fundamental rethink if it is to win again. The central key to Republican dominance a generation ago was race and demography. The same factors are now the key barrier to the party winning again.

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Challenges ahead in ethnic minority voting patterns

Challenges ahead in ethnic minority voting patterns Date: 7 November 2012

Back in April Frank Sharry of America’s Voice predicted the Hispanic vote would be a huge factor in the upcoming US election, at a parliamentary seminar hosted by British Future. Post-election we thought you might like to re-read his foresight.

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