colonies

Labour MP Claudia Webbe is ridiculed online after claim about map showing African colonies in 1884

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A Labour MP has been left red-faced after claiming a map of colonial Africa ‘has been hidden from you all your life’ – despite it being taught in schools. Claudia Webbe triggered a Twitter storm when she posted a shot of the continent carved up between European empires in the 19th century. The Leicester East MP, … Read more

Veteran beekeeper JAMES MIDDLETON on the delights of caring for his colonies

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On a warm summer’s day there are few places on Earth I’d rather be than tending my bees. Take the sound from my own colonies during the blazing sunshine we’ve enjoyed over the past week. The hum and murmur of worker bees inside the hives, mixed with the incessant buzz of activity in the wildflower … Read more