Megan Stephens: How the legacy of Victorian philanthropy lives on in the campaign for free school meals

Friday, January 6, 2023

We may be forgiven for thinking we’re living in the midst of a novel by Charles Dickens, says Megan Stephens, who highlights an unlikely link between a Victorian champion of education, one of the world’s most famous scientists, and an English star of the Qatar World Cup.

Megan Stephans: 'Hope can be found, now as it was in Dickens' time, in people’s willingness to help'
Megan Stephans: 'Hope can be found, now as it was in Dickens' time, in people’s willingness to help'

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