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David Stewart, S.J., London Correspondent for America 2014-2020, files from his native Scotland where he now lives and works.
Junior doctors march in London in Oct. 2015 to campaign against NHS contract changes. iStock photo
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Our national health system is seen as a treasure in Britain yet viewed as an alien, dangerous concept to many in the United States.
People wave Spanish flags during an Oct. 8 demonstration organized by the Catalan Civil Society organization in Barcelona, Spain. (CNS photo/Eric Gaillard, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Catalonia’s tragedy has become a new kind of threat, not only to Spain, but to the European Union.
Catalan independence supporters gather in Barcelona's main square on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Spanish police tried to shut down polling places and fired rubber bullets to prevent Catalans from voting in the Oct. 1 referendum for independence.
People join a demonstration titled, "City Flotilla, at Sea Against Racism," to protest against the scheduled arrival of the C Star, a ship that an anti-immigrant group has chartered to try and halt migrant arrivals to Europe from Africa and elsewhere, in Catania, Sicily Island, Italy, on July 29. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Far-right groups are “crowdfunding” to pay for a purported defense of Europe. The aim of the new-right is to target vessels of various charities and aid agencies that are trying to rescue refugees at risk on the Mediterranean.
An 'Orange walk' in Belfast in 2011. (Wikimedia Commons from user Ardfern)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
When it proved necessary to negotiate with the D.U.P to secure their support in the House of Commons, the money tree was found and shaken and over £1 billion of public spending promised to the Six Counties of Northern Ireland.
A woman looks towards missing posters stuck on a phone box in front of the remains of Grenfell Tower in London on June 17, 2017. Police say it will take weeks or longer to recover and identify all the dead in the public housing block fire. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
That the Grenfell Tower fire happened in a poverty-stricken enclave of the richest of London’s boroughs quickly became an unavoidable symbol of how divided the united kingdoms have become. And it was not the terrorists who divided us.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Winners are losers in the United Kingdom's snap election.
Londoners participate in a moment of silence on Tuesday morning to remember terrorist attack victims in the London Bridge area. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Prime Minister May’s record on terrorism, and a widespread hostility to Donald Trump, also complicates the Tories’ bid for a mandate in parliamentary elections.
Greg Hicks as "Richard III" (photo: Alex Brenner)
Arts & CultureTheater
David Stewart
It would be fascinating were the producers able to arrange a quick transfer to a venue somewhere near the White House.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
More and more, the political campaigns are indistinguishable from advertising campaigns for, say, breakfast cereals.