By Samuel Fairlamb, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London
The fall of the Sycamore Gap tree was more than a loss of natural beauty. It was, for many, a symbolic attack on permanence, on meaning, and on shared identity.
(Full Story)
|
By Millie Horton-Insch, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, History of Art Department, Trinity College Dublin
The Nazis’ obsession with European art should be understood as central to Hitler’s genocidal regime and its efforts toward global domination.
(Full Story)
|
By David Hastings Dunn, Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
At face value, Donald Trump’s announcement about his plans on Russia and Ukraine look like a major policy change. Speaking from the Oval Office on July 14, where he had been meeting with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte, the US president said he would send “top-of-the-line-weapons” to help Kyiv and – unless a ceasefire deal is agreed inside a 50-day time limit – the US would impose secondary…
(Full Story)
|
By Gulshanara (Rumy) Begum, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition & Exercise Science, University of Westminster
Energy drinks are big business. Marketed as quick fixes for fatigue and performance dips, energy drinks are especially popular among young people, athletes, sports…
(Full Story)
|
By Thomas Thurnell-Read, Reader in Sociology, Loughborough University
Robert Deakin, Research Associate in Sociology, Loughborough University
Recent figures from the British Beer and Pub Association show that pubs will close at the rate of one a day in the UK during 2025. This is just the latest chapter in a familiar story – more than a quarter of British pubs have closed since 2000.
The cost of running a pub has risen dramatically. The ingredients used to brew beer all cost more, as do the business…
(Full Story)
|
By Edward White, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Kingston University
Fundamentalists don’t necessarily examine evolution and then reject it; they tend to start with the conclusion that it must be false and work backwards.
(Full Story)
|
By Michael Martin, Lecturer in Urban Design and Planning, University of Sheffield
Children play everywhere. Yet their right to play – protected by a UN convention – is constantly challenged by adults.
Play is crucial to support children’s holistic development in cognitive, emotional, physical and social skills. Likewise, we know children’s environments significantly influence their health and wellbeing,…
(Full Story)
|
By Kristi Thompson, Research Data Management Librarian, Western University
Albert Malkin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University
The Canadian Data Rescue Project is supporting U.S. data rescue efforts, and setting up preventative measures for Canadian government data.
(Full Story)
|
By Amnesty International
The Venezuelan authorities have committed, and continue to commit, enforced disappearances as part of their policy of repression of dissidents and those they perceive as such, Amnesty International said in its report Detentions without a trace: The crime of enforced disappearance in Venezuela, which analyses the situation of 15 individuals forcibly disappeared between the presidential […] The post Venezuela: Enforced disappearances amount to crimes against humanity appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|
By Amnesty International
Reacting to the EU’s decision not to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, Agnès Callamard Amnesty International’s Secretary General said: “The EU’s refusal to suspend its agreement with Israel is a cruel and unlawful betrayal – of the European project and vision, predicated on upholding international law and fighting authoritarian practices, of the European Union’s own […] The post EU-Israel: Refusal to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement is a ‘cruel and unlawful betrayal’ appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|