Many people know the name William Wallace. In the clip below, Mel Gibson plays him in the film Braveheart (1995), and it is just one of many examples of how the name William Wallace lives on to this present day. His story is one of a man who had his life and his freedom taken …
Standing on the defendant’s dock at his trial in Johannesburg, a black man gives a speech that would inspire nations. It’s 1964 in South Africa, a country torn by racial segregation, and this man is speaking about his ideal of freedom, democracy and equality for all people, black and white. He is on trial for …
Many people know the name of Osama Bin Laden. In fact, he was considered to be one of the most wanted men in America and before his death in 2011, he one of the most famous terrorists in the world. When you hear the name Osama, images of strife, chaos and the destruction of the …
Althea Gibson was born in 1927 in Carolina, her parents were poor and their livelihood was under threat. As cotton pickers they received a small percentage of the profits for their labour but America was in the grips of a savage drought and for three consecutive years the crops failed forcing them to uproot their …
Issues regarding family can often be an emotional and stressful time for all involved. However, family law as we know it hasn’t always been the way it is. As attitudes change around marriage and family, so must the law reflect that. Often what was forbidden, and frowned upon is now accepted as a social norm. …
Asbestos is a highly versatile, strong, cheap, non-flammable malleable substance that has been used in building, textiles and construction for the last 2000 years. Asbestos is also a highly toxic airborne fibrous substance that causes a number of different incurable cancers in humans that are exposed to it. Asbestos is in many homes around …