By Tony Travers, Professor in Practice, Interim Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
Holborn and St Pancras is a very unusual constituency. While often referred to as being in “north London”, a significant chunk of it covers the west end, including parts of Covent Garden, Fitzrovia and all of Bloomsbury. It is also home to three of the UK’s largest mainline train stations, two of the three Inns of Court and the British Museum – and, for the time being, the Bayeux Tapestry.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham cracked a good joke at the ceremonial event to launch the tapestry’s visit, speaking…
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By Dominic Farsi, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research Fellow, Teagasc; King's College London; Queen's University Belfast
Gut health and muscle health are often thought of as separate concerns. The first brings to mind eating fibre and probiotics, while the other centres on, exercise and protein.
But researchers are increasingly finding that the two may be connected through what is described as the “gut-muscle axis” – a two-way communication network between the gut and our muscles. This connection could be key when investigating whether foods that are good for gut health could also be beneficial for muscle health.
My colleagues and I recently conducted…
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By Naomi Joseph, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
From a book about a musician and an exhibition that demands your attention to classic art and two stories of corruption and lies.
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By Mary M. Hausfeld, Assistant Professor in Management, University of Limerick
Jochen Menges, Director of the Center for Leadership in the Future of Work, University of Zurich
Who comes to mind when you think of someone emotionally intelligent? Someone who can read a room, defuse an argument, and who knows exactly what to say when a friend is struggling? For many people, that person is a woman. It’s such a widely held belief that popular psychology treats it as fact.
We decided to put that assumption to the test. Our new study reviewed nearly three decades of research, from 1995 to 2023, across 76 countries and more than 600,000 people. We wanted to answer a simple question: are women…
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By Rod Thornton, Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Defence and Security., King's College London
The recent incidents concerning RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire have highlighted that fact that the US military does have quite a significant presence on UK soil. What this presence fully amounts to, though, is unclear.
According to news reports there are “at least” 15 US military bases in the UK, while other sources have the figure at 12…
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By Steven Paget, Senior Development Lead (Research and Knowledge Exchange), Anglia Ruskin University
The past few weeks have seen aerial duels being fought over the North Sea and a naval vessel being sunk off Scotland’s west coast. Fortunately this was not a case of hostile combat – these episodes took place during two major multinational military exercises: Exercise Atlantic Thunder and Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2.
Further north, across the Baltic Sea, High North and North Atlantic, British forces have also recently been engaged with allies in Exercise…
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By Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Glaciology and Earth Observation, University of Bristol
A glaciologist reviews a new film covering the ascent of Tenzing Norgay (played by Genden Phuntsok) to the top of Everest in 1953.
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By Charles Lees, Executive Dean, City St George's, University of London
It has been a rollercoaster year for the Green Party of England and Wales. It’s little more than 12 months since the election of the charismatic Zack Polanski as party leader. And months later, the equally charismatic Hannah Spencer became the Greens’ fifth MP. But Polanski couldn’t repeat this win in Keir Starmer’s former constituency of Holborn and St Pancras in London, losing to Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali.
Back in February, when Spencer won the Greater Manchester seat of Gorton and Denton,…
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By Safiullah Taye, Researcher and sessional academic, Australian Catholic University
Farkhondeh Akbari, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Monash University
Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Senior Research Fellow, Initiative for Peacebuilding, The University of Melbourne
Afghanistan’s own democratic aspirations long predate the West’s intervention in 2001. The Taliban’s return dealt a devastating blow, but these aspirations endure.
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By Usman Arief, Dosen dan Peneliti Manajemen, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Imam Salehudin, Associate professor, Universitas Indonesia
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, together with Ooredoo Group, Nokia and NVIDIA, plans to develop Zankore, an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform aimed at serving the region.
The 1-gigawatt (GW) AI Factory will be built in stages. Its first phase, with a capacity of about 200 megawatts (MW), is scheduled to begin construction in Batang, Central Java, in…
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