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The pity of it all

The pity of it all

It is almost for sure that many readers of the Mature Times will agree with Tony Simpson’s observations regarding the Kitchener coin, the First World War and the need for much more effort to be ...
Kitchener coin

Kitchener coin

Why put Lord Kitchener on the new £2 coin – what right had he to ‘want’ men for war? His pointing finger was a threat not an invitation – join up or be conscripted. Fight or be shot at daw ...
Independent Age responds to the state care cuts

Independent Age responds to the state care cuts

Independent Age Chief Executive, Janet Morrison’s response to news that cuts have left 250,000 older people without state care: “Today’s new research from the Health Foundation and Nuffield Trus ...