Lafarge among worst mercury polluters

For two months every summer, they come by bus and van at the crack of dawn to toil in the fertile green fields that sway in the shadow of Lafarge’s cement plant in East Richmond. They are teenagers, parents and grandparents who eke out a modest living one pound at a... more

King of the shanties

Tom Lewis is known to many folk music fans as the singing sailor, but Lewis claims the nickname is a misnomer. Lewis, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland, joined the Royal Navy at 16 years old after moving to Gloucester, England.... more

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