Northern Renaissance in the early 21st Century. (Kiron Reid)

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- 'Student fees and student protests'.
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- Attitudes to children and young people: examples of media reporting.
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- Books of Legal Interest: October 2011.
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- Enquiry about Luciana Berger MP questions in Parliament.
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- Human Rights, sentencing, and common sense.
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- Northern Renaissance in the early 21st Century.
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  A Review article in Liberator covered my thoughts on two books and what they tell us about the revival of the Northern towns and cities in England in the first decade of the 21st Century. This longer piece includes my background analysis of the renewal of the English cities, particularly the Northern ones. Most of the first two pages and conclusion are additional material. Two very different books provide a snapshot of northern life at the peak of the renewal: the comic travelogue Pies and Prejudice, by Stuart Maconie, and academic report Whose Town is it Anyway? on local democracy and community engagement comparing Harrogate and Burnley, by Stuart Wilks-Heeg and Steve Clayton. This article omits Scotland because my knowledge is limited. The impressive development of Glasgow, albeit still with huge social problems in areas, is well documented and was copied by Liverpool. Arguably Edinburgh has always been a jewel, but like Cardiff has benefited greatly from the huge influx of public money, extra attention and status, lobby groups and campaign groups that devolution has brought. Cardiff has had a vibrant Welsh cultural revival as well as enhanced political influence so has made up more distance. Belfast too has benefited greatly turning itself into a modern European city, though a minority still want to turn the clock back there. A look at the great European or American cities should show them what a tolerant inclusive life for people they will be missing out on if they do.
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- On recession, tolerance, diversity, violence, good and evil.
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- Orange vests, human rights and a dose of common sense.
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- Review of David Boyle, Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the race for America.
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- Review of ‘The Politics of Electoral Reform’ by Michael Meadowcroft, 3rd. ed.
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- The recession was obvious if you used common sense.
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- Top Ten Myspace Tips for Musicians
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- Traffic websites - reply from NAO.
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- Website front page old version.
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- What was going right in Liverpool. 2004 - handout.
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- What was going right in Liverpool. 2004.
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- What went wrong in Liverpool?
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- Why we need a British Bill of Rights.
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