By Mark Shanahan, Associate Professor of Political Engagement, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences, University of Surrey
For the past decade, global diplomacy has been dictated by one man’s social media musings. Since Donald Trump first glided into the Trump Tower atrium on his golden escalator, he – and what he has to say – has been the story, throwing red meat to the media and shaping the affairs of the US and the wider world through reactions to his increasingly imperial pronouncements.
But the 47th US president has been off-key of late, and his outbursts on everything from tariffs to the war in Iran have sent his popularity…
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By Amy Louise Blaney, Knowledge Exchange Coordinator, University of Wolverhampton
With new adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility arriving on our screens this autumn, television’s long-running love affair with Jane Austen shows little sign of abating. But there are other 18th-century writers with whom TV could have a wonderful love affair, too.
One writes about a woman who disguises herself as four different people to pursue the same man. Another writes about a woman becomes so obsessed with romance novels that she struggles to distinguish fiction from reality.…
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By Sara Carta, PhD Candidate in Computer Science, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin
Giovanni Di Liberto, Assistant Professor in Intelligent Systems, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin
Trying to understand how the brain is so good at focusing on one conversation has kept auditory neuroscientists occupied since the 1950s.
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By Santosh Vijaykumar, Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in Digital Health, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Michael Craig, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
The problem wasn’t the volume of emergency information – it was who it came from, and how it was delivered.
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By Susie West, Lecturer in Architectural History, The Open University
Every generation discovers its own heroes. I found mine in 2026. He died in 1726 and his name is John Vanbrugh (1664-1726). I’m not the first to discover him, of course, and I am in stellar company. This year has seen the Vanbrugh300 tercentenary celebrations of Vanbrugh’s life and legacy, looking at him in the round as soldier, playwright, architect and all round fun person to know.
In the 18th century, John Soane acknowledged Vanbrugh as “the Shakespeare of architecture”. Soane was professor of architecture…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Demonstrators assemble on September 15, 2026, outside the Istanbul courthouse to protest the arrests of LGBT activists and raids on LGBT rights associations in cities across Türkiye. More than 100 demonstrators were also arrested and detained for more than 24 hours. © 2026 Güliz Sağlam (Istanbul, September 18, 2026) – The Turkish government’s major crackdown on groups and activists defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people threatens the rule of law and fundamental rights in Türkiye, Human Rights Watch said today. On…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the re-arrest of human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha just hours after they had been granted bail by the Supreme Court yesterday, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “Imaan and Hadi’s re-arrest dispels any pretence that the charges against them are anything other than […] The post Pakistan: Re-arrest of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha is a terrible injustice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard will be in New York City for the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly from September 22 to 26 and available for interviews. She will be meeting with senior UN figures and focusing her visit on the following issues: “The United Nations is at one of its most […] The post Global: Amid mounting threats, the UN’s next Secretary-General must be a staunch defender of international law appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Asbel Bohigues, Profesor de Ciencia Política, Universitat de València
The crisis in Ceuta has put Pedro Sánchez’s government on the defensive, just as Spain’s political actors return from the summer break. Weeks after the crisis began, the situation remains unresolved. Of the estimated 80,000 migrants who entered Ceuta in late July, 5,482 remain.
Fierce debate has raged over the government’s handling of the crisis, with protests across the country, a deepening…
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By Karen Stollznow, Senior Research Fellow of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University; University of New England
Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.
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