“... fire service had decided it was too dangerous for the occupants of its 107 flats to stay in their homes. They were told to evacuate at once and not return until further notice. The freeholders’ managing agents said they would pay to move ten boxes per household; anything more the residents would have to organise themselves before the building was ...”

“... Paris. The film opens with a proverb: ‘He who has two women loses his soul, he who has two homes loses his mind.’ Rohmer always makes geography clear. He makes sure we know where we are. A Tale of Springtime (1990) moves between three homes; the narrative of A Summer’s Tale (1996) is structured around a series of ...”

“... headquarters for a large police search operation to be carried out today across a number of homes and businesses. The station is a low-rise office block with added extras (such as cells) and if you’re familiar with the recently defunct TV show The Bill, its interior won’t come as a surprise: it’s a series of neon-lit, low-ceilinged corridors with ...”

“... clashes’ of 1992 and 1997, hundreds were killed and thousands forced from their homes as politicians exploited tensions within individual communities over access to resources. Ethnicity camouflages tremendous class conflict in contemporary Kenya. In the Rift Valley and Mombasa, Kikuyu traders, entrepreneurs and farmers have caused great ...”

“... passing, not unkindly but with the interest of a medical practitioner, that I have unusually fat arms for a thinnish person. As old age has given her a tendency to repeat herself, she notes this in passing a few dozen times. It has at least the advantage of being true. A Giant African Land Snail makes its way into the house and halfway to my bedroom before I ...”

“... Goebbels boasted about the strength of these defences, reassuring the German public that its army would destroy any Allied attack. Rommel saw that the reality was very different. Although the sea defences were strong in the Pas de Calais, in other places the Atlantic Wall hardly existed. He became convinced that an Allied victory was on the cards unless ...”

“... people were killed, in Syria eight thousand, and an estimated 1.5 million people lost their homes. It was the deadliest natural disaster in modern Turkish history.Turkey’s seismic activity stems from the movement of three major tectonic plates. The Arabian and African plates in the south converge with the Anatolian plate in the north, causing ...”

“... the Western Front where, after the failure of Ludendorff’s spring offensive in 1918, the German army’s ability to fight finally collapsed under the combined weight of Britain, France and the United States. But while the war was won (it might be more accurate to say, lost) in the west, its immediate origins and most lasting consequences were in the ...”

“... The man’s hand was cooling down, his complexion turning white, then purple. I was scared, and my arm was aching from holding him up for so long. A young driver came over reluctantly to replace me. He called to the people standing some distance away: ‘Boss, he’s about to die.’ No one replied. Everyone was silent. I have no clear recollection of ...”

“... streets around, and blowing out the windows, doors and sometimes the walls of many thousands of homes. The explosion had registered 3.5 on the Richter scale, we were to repeat to each other over the next few days, not without a hint of local pride. The cloud, though, was more or less harmless. When I reached my daughter’s school there was barely repressed ...”

“... claimed it was undergoing a full disinfection and had no emergency services. People in nursing homes have been denied ambulances. People are dying without their family, without a proper funeral. A woman threw herself from a window after being trolled online for not giving a big enough tip to the courier who delivered supplies to her disabled father. Covid ...”

“... Palestinians out of a population of 1.3 million joined irregular forces or the Arab Salvation Army; in the wars of 1956, 1967 and 1973 the number of Palestinians who fought was also quite small. While there has been violent opposition to Israel over the decades, there have been relatively few casualties. Between the first major Palestinian riots in 1920 ...”

“... and yes, absolutely the damage would be the same. Another stupid question: why not rebuild the homes in a way that stopped them from falling down again next time? She gave me a patient look and explained that hardly any of the materials needed exist, and besides, the insurance companies won’t pay for them. ‘You’re not going to go back and redesign ...”

“... the Jordanian border, and were civil engineering students. After Daraa was besieged by the Syrian army in April 2011, the brothers fled to London, where they continued their studies. Mohammad went to the University of West London. They also worked part-time – Mohammad did shifts in a shoe shop and in Harrods – and they moved into a private rental in ...”

“... Around the station were small houses built for a white working class that aspired to its own homes and gardens. The shops beyond catered to the local Muslim population. A hairdresser advertised a veil-free zone where women could get their hair done without worrying about the male gaze. By the time the school came into view, one suburb had been fully ...”