One of the most moving events of the year: thousands of Latvians lay candles outside Rīga Castle on Lāčplẽsis Day in honour of those who gave their lives in the struggle for Latvian independence and in later conflicts.
🇱🇻 #LestWeForget
Donald Trump — the twice impeached former president, Jan. 6 coup leader, convicted felon, adjudicated sexual abuser, and man who mismanaged the 2020 economic implosion and coronavirus disaster that killed more than 1 million people in this country — has convinced American voters to give him another term in the White House.
🔗 https://t.co/41sRvIxLmT
Trump's apparent victory has 5 big implications for the UK: 🧵
1️⃣ It can happen here. He will back Farage, the Musk propaganda machine will crank up against Labour; the Tories will remould themselves into Trump-lite Islamophobes ...
Yesterday we received the sad news that Nottingham-born artist and LeftLion contributor Sarah Cunningham has passed away.
We thought we’d share this cover Sarah did for us back in May 2018... 1/2
An old photo of The Imperial on St James Street #Nottingham. Although a smallish venue it had a long tradition of playing really good live bands from 1960s til 1980s. #ThenAndNow@No1tingham
Sirkka Lisa Konttinen
Byker was being revamped to make way for an exciting new area to live in
Of course old folk didn’t want this.
The photographer recorded in pictures the feelings and personalities that would have to change to accommodate this new way
Byker Wall is famous
Berlin, the location which later became Checkpoint Charlie, 31 July 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin