By George Newth, Lecturer in Politics and member of Reactionary Politics Research Network, University of Bath
The new Labour government is pitching “change” to “working people” but it needs to update its idea of who these people are.
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By Rohan McWilliam, Professor of Modern British History, Anglia Ruskin University
In the build-up to the 2024 election, Keir Starmer worked hard to show that his party could run Britain better than the Tories. He promised his government would offer stability after years of chaos – but also change. He stood for honesty but also a technocratic approach that resisted the easy answers of the populist right. The grown ups would be back in charge.
A year on, as he marks his first year in office, we might ask: how much difference did Labour’s 2024 election win make in the longer trajectory of British life? Are historians in future likely to say (as they often do about the…
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By Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
The trend for naming summers has become something of a cultural phenomenon. Think for example of 2019, which was branded a “hot girl summer”, inspired by rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s song.
In 2021 there was the much-ridiculed “white boy summer” (named after a song of the same name by Tom Hanks’s son, Chet). Then 2022 was “feral girl summer” and 2024, of…
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By King-Ho Leung, Lecturer in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts, King's College London
Speaking to Myspace as an upcoming artist in 2013, Lana Dey Rey said that the “vision of making [her] life a work of art” was what inspired her to create her music video for her breakthrough single, Video Games (2011).
The self-made video, featuring old movies clips and webcam footage of Del Rey singing, went viral. It eventually led her to sign with a major record label. For many, the video conveyed a sense of authenticity. However, upon…
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
In some parts of Russia, schoolgirls who become pregnant are being paid more than 100,000 roubles (nearly £900) for giving birth and raising their babies.
This new measure, introduced in the past few months across ten regions, is part of Russia’s new demographic strategy, widening the policy adopted…
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By Rob Kingsley, Professor, Microbiology, Quadram Institute
Salmonella cases in England are the highest they’ve been in a decade, according to recent UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data. There was a 17% increase in cases observed from 2023 to 2024 – culminating in 10,388 detected infections last year. Children and older adults accounted for around a fifth of cases.
Although the number of infections caused by foodborne diseases such as Salmonella had broadly decreased over the last 25 years, this recent…
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By Vinod Balasubramaniam, Associate Professor (Molecular Virology), Monash University
A man in his 50s has died from lyssavirus in New South Wales after being bitten by a bat several months ago.
This is Australia’s fourth human case of bat lyssavirus and the first confirmed case in NSW since the virus was first identified in 1996 in a black flying fox in Queensland.
So what is lyssavirus? And how can you protect yourself if you come into contact with a bat?
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By Prachatai
The group is demanding that Paetongtarn resign and for coalition parties to withdraw from the government. It is also calling for people to join the protest to protect Thai sovereignty.
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By Lisa J. Whop, Associate Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University
Alison Brown, Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Raglan Maddox, Associate Professor and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University
Australia’s new lung cancer screen program further disadvantages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are already at increased risk of lung cancer.
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By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
Ready to ditch the dating apps? Try loitering outside a courthouse instead - it’s one of many tips the ancient Greeks and Romans had for finding love.
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