Tim Murgatroyd

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TIM MURGATROYD: Is Boris Johnson willing to sacrifice the Union?

RECENTLY, I revisited a nightmare from history: the traumatic break up of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. My motive was a spot of background research for a work of fiction. Yet, as is so often the case, facts from history echo beyond their own time. As do history’s lessons.

OPINION: Not such a nation of animal-lovers

A MILD-MANNERED lady of my acquaintance recently shocked me. We were chatting on the street corner when someone passed by, towed by a brace of poodles. She remarked: “There are far too many dogs.”

TIM MURGATROYD: No more excuses in race to save the planet

LAST week, from New York to Sydney, Dhaka to Paris, millions of ordinary people joined a climate strike to demand action on global heating and the environment. In Yorkshire, too, concerned citizens of all ages and from all walks of life protested: in Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster, York, and many smaller communities.