Billy Briggs FATHER Tom Hagan points to seven bullet holes in the walls and roof of the classroom and slowly shakes his head. “Why would they shoot at a school full of children?” the American priest says wearily. We are standing in St...

Petitions to the UK Prime Minister takes the tradition of petitions to number 10 Downing Street and brings it up to date for the age of the internet. I recently discovered it by a link from Mark Thomas's site. There are already many...

My article can be viewed if you visit the international section of http://www.sundayherald.com/ Billy Briggs Guatemala City. Outside the morgue in zone three of Guatemala City Fablo Fajardo waited to identify the body of his brother...

Most of the history I was taught at school was very dull, just endless facts about kings, queens, battles and dates. (Why did we have to "do the Tudors" so many times?) Nearly all of it was about British history. I was pleased to drop...

What could be more charitable than the work of Amnesty International? I have heard that Amnesty International UK is hoping to become a charity and I welcome that but I do not know when it will be. This will give advantages such as...