Category: Conflict
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The Abandoned War Graves: Will We Remember Them?

Though people have been laid to rest here since the 12th Century, Kirkintilloch’s Auld Aisle Cemetery is, at least on the surface, a graveyard like any other. It is a sombre and respectful place, but also beautiful, beginning at the top one of the town’s highest hills before sloping gently…
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A photo means more than all the words we can write

A personal reaction to the photos of Alan Kurdi, a child refugee who died trying to reach Europe
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The guilty silence which leaves blood on all of our hands

Europe’s response to the refugee crisis shames us all