Quaker Socialist Society Salter Lecture: Solutions for a divided society
Society is increasingly divided, not just along traditional class lines, but between city and countryside, and by metropolitan ‘elites’. People often don’t know their neighbours. Loneliness is on the increase. Young people who have worked hard at their studies are stuck on low pay with little hope of buying a home. Catherine West MP suggests some basic solutions for our communities, which could make a real difference and bring people back together.
The Salter Lecture is organised by Quaker Socialist Society.
quaker.org.uk/socialistsoc
Filmed in Friends House, London at Yearly Meeting 2019.
Edinburgh | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:14 1 Etymology
00:04:19 2 Nicknames
00:08:12 3 History
00:08:21 3.1 Early history
00:11:35 3.2 17th century
00:13:05 3.3 18th century
00:16:50 3.4 19th and 20th centuries
00:20:06 4 Geography
00:20:15 4.1 Cityscape
00:25:17 4.2 Areas
00:34:08 4.3 Climate
00:36:35 5 Demography
00:36:44 5.1 Current
00:39:55 5.2 Historical
00:42:34 5.3 Religion
00:46:55 6 Economy
00:50:23 7 Culture
00:50:32 7.1 Festivals and celebrations
00:50:42 7.1.1 Edinburgh festival
00:52:44 7.1.2 Edinburgh's Hogmanay
00:54:13 7.2 Music, theatre and film
00:56:47 7.3 Media
00:58:26 7.4 Museums, libraries and galleries
01:01:04 7.5 Shopping
01:02:11 8 Governance
01:02:20 8.1 Local government
01:03:48 8.2 Scottish Parliament
01:05:09 8.3 UK Parliament
01:05:56 9 Transport
01:11:38 10 Education
01:15:44 11 Healthcare
01:16:40 12 Sport
01:16:49 12.1 Football
01:16:57 12.1.1 Men's
01:19:22 12.1.2 Women's
01:19:45 12.2 Rugby
01:20:49 12.3 Other sports
01:25:30 13 Notable residents
01:31:25 14 International relations
01:31:35 14.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:32:20 15 See also
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Edinburgh ( (listen); Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]; Scots: Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (or Edinburghshire), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore.
Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, philosophy, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom (after London) and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most popular tourist destination (likewise after London), attracting over one million overseas visitors each year.Edinburgh is Scotland's second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The official population estimates are 464,990 (2012) for the Locality of Edinburgh (Edinburgh pre 1975 regionalisation plus Currie and Balerno), 513,210 (2017) for the City of Edinburgh, and 1,339,380 (2014) for the city region. Edinburgh lies at the heart of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region comprising East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian.The city is the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It is home to national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and now one of four in the city, is placed 18th in the QS World University Rankings for 2019. The city is also famous for the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the latter being the world's largest annual international arts festival. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and the extensive Georgian New Town, built in the 18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage since 1999.
Industrialism | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:37 1 Etymology
00:05:16 2 Important technological developments
00:07:31 2.1 Textile manufacture
00:07:39 2.1.1 British textile industry statistics
00:09:21 2.1.2 Cotton
00:11:12 2.1.3 Trade and textiles
00:12:21 2.1.4 Pre-mechanized European textile production
00:14:03 2.1.5 Invention of textile machinery
00:19:48 2.1.6 Wool
00:20:11 2.1.7 Silk
00:20:52 2.2 Iron industry
00:21:01 2.2.1 UK iron production statistics
00:22:47 2.2.2 Iron process innovations
00:31:27 2.3 Steam power
00:36:04 2.4 Machine tools
00:40:20 2.5 Chemicals
00:43:15 2.6 Cement
00:44:01 2.7 Gas lighting
00:44:54 2.8 Glass making
00:45:34 2.9 Paper machine
00:46:17 2.10 Agriculture
00:47:58 2.11 Mining
00:49:50 2.12 Transportation
00:50:52 2.12.1 Canals and improved waterways
00:53:30 2.12.2 Roads
00:54:44 2.12.3 Railways
00:58:01 2.13 Other developments
00:58:26 3 Social effects
00:58:35 3.1 Factory system
01:00:53 3.2 Standards of living
01:02:51 3.2.1 Food and nutrition
01:04:26 3.2.2 Housing
01:06:30 3.2.3 Sanitation
01:07:07 3.2.4 Water supply
01:07:31 3.2.5 Increase in literacy
01:07:54 3.3 Clothing and consumer goods
01:08:37 3.4 Population increase
01:09:30 3.5 Urbanization
01:10:10 3.6 Impact on women and family life
01:12:20 3.7 Labour conditions
01:12:28 3.7.1 Social structure and working conditions
01:13:43 3.7.2 Factories and urbanisation
01:16:13 3.7.3 Child labour
01:19:24 3.7.4 Organisation of labour
01:22:29 3.7.5 Luddites
01:23:54 3.7.6 Shift in production's center of gravity
01:24:28 3.7.7 Effect on cotton production and expansion of slavery
01:25:56 3.8 Impact on environment
01:28:27 4 Industrialisation beyond the United Kingdom
01:28:38 4.1 Continental Europe
01:29:27 4.1.1 Belgium
01:31:23 4.1.1.1 Demographic effects
01:33:41 4.1.2 France
01:34:32 4.1.3 Germany
01:36:09 4.1.4 Sweden
01:37:49 4.2 Japan
01:39:02 4.3 United States
01:44:53 5 Second Industrial Revolution
01:46:34 6 Causes
01:50:34 6.1 Causes in Europe
01:55:47 6.2 Causes in Britain
02:02:50 6.3 Transfer of knowledge
02:05:17 6.3.1 Protestant work ethic
02:07:20 7 Opposition from Romanticism
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The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the US, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, the increasing use of steam power, the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system. The Industrial Revolution also led to an unprecedented rise in the rate of population growth.
Textiles were the dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, value of output and capital invested. The textile industry was also the first to use modern production methods.The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and many of the technological innovations were of British origin. By the mid-18th century Britain was the world's leading commercial nation, controlling a global trading empire with colonies in North America and the Caribbean, and with some political influence on the Indian subcontinent, through the activities of the East India Company. The development of trade and the rise of business were major causes of the Industrial Revolution.The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way. In particular, average income and population began to exhibit unprecedented sustained growth. Some economists say that the major impact of the Industrial Revolution was that the standard of living for the general population began to increase consistently for the first time in history, although others have said that it did not begin to mea ...