By Paul Stephen Adey, Rap Lyricist and Lecturer in Music Performance at Confetti Institute of Creative Technology, Nottingham Trent University
In 1999, during the opening verse to Hate Me Now, Nas positioned himself as the “most critically acclaimed, Pulitzer prize” winning “thug narrator” of his generation. At the time, these lines were seen as just another gem in a long line of highly sophisticated, literary Nas lyrics.
But flash forward almost two decades to 2018, and this once seemingly unfathomable accolade for an artist of the rap genre became a reality…
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By Sonja Falck, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of East London
If you’ve ever gone through a friendship breakup you aren’t alone – one study from the US found 86% of teenagers had experienced one.
Though we tend to think of bad breakups as the end of romantic relationships, losing a friend – especially one who has been close…
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By Thomas Scotto, Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow
Martin Ejnar Hansen, Reader in Political Science, Brunel University London
Steve Pickering, Docent, Political Science, University of Amsterdam
When the public sees an institution is failing, they generally lose trust in it. Not so with the health service.
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By Kunal Sen, Professor and Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
Modi has aimed to improve the lives of ordinary Indians, but some are still finding jobs hard to come by.
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By Kerry Black, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Integrated Knowledge, Engineering and Sustainable Communities, University of Calgary
David Barrett, Research Associate, Aquatic Science, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary
In the lead-up to the 2024 federal budget, there was hope for investments in water management and water-related infrastructure. Those hopes were misplaced.
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By Alexander Baratta, Senior lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester
Paul Vincent Smith, Lecturer in Education, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
Rui He, Lecturer in Education, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
The English language left its borders of origin in Britain long ago. It has been exported throughout the world through colonisation, travel and media.
This process has created not one English, spoken around the globe, but many Englishes. There are native speaker varieties, such as British, American or Australian English, but also multiple versions spoken by non-native speakers, such as Indian, Ghanaian and Singaporean English. In fact, the majority…
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By Megan Shirley, Senior Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Trent University
Lawyers often tell their clients that “principles cost money”. As actor Hugh Grant’s decision to settle his privacy claim against News Group Newspapers (NGN) shows, sometimes principles just cost too much.
Grant announced he had reluctantly accepted an “enormous sum of money” to settle his claim against the Murdoch-owned NGN, the publisher of…
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By Amy Thomas, Lecturer in Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Glasgow
Respondents to a survey confirmed they would hesitate to encourage anyone to become a freelancer given the limited prospects currently offered in the profession.
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reportedly been conducting operations in the Beit Hanoun area of the northern Gaza Strip conducting raids on Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets. The IDF says it has been working on information gleaned from questioning Palestinian fighters captured in the fighting.
According to a report in the Jerusalem Post on April 17, the Palestinian fighters were hiding out in schools in the area. A warning was issued to civilians to evacuate the buildings before the Israeli military…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A boy sits on a bicycle in front of a plastic recycling facility in Adana, Turkey. © 2021 Human Rights Watch Next week in Ottawa, countries will reconvene to continue negotiations on an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. A revised draft of the treaty published by the United Nations Environment Programme on December 28, 2023, contains certain positive measures to reduce plastic production. However, it lacks the necessary provisions to protect human rights and health from the impacts of plastic pollution, especially for frontline communities…
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