colonies

Children sent from Scotland to British colonies suffered sexual abuse, inquiry hears

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Child migration was a key part of Britain’s child care strategy for centuries.  The origins of the scheme go back to 1618 when a hundred children were sent from London to Virginia in what is now the US.  The final party arrived in Australia in 1970. Child migration removed more than 130,000 children from the … 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