By Matt Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer in Film History in the School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s fourth film with actress Emma Stone finds the pair once again galvanising one another to extraordinary work. The partnership has produced two of the finest films of the last decade – The Favourite (2018) and Poor Things (2023) – as well as the less successful but still fascinating Kinds of Kindness (2024).
Like Alfred Hitchcock with Ingrid Bergman, or Ingmar Bergman with Liv Ullmann, this has emerged into a true creative partnership where director and actress are equals in the artistic process. This latest collaboration is a hugely funny,
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By Jess Davies, Chair Professor in Sustainability, Lancaster University
John Quinton, Professor of Soil Science, Lancaster University
Only 1.5% of soil arriving at waste facilities in England was classed as hazardous, suggesting we are throwing away mostly healthy, usable soil.
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By Jane Lavery, Associate Professor in Latin American Studies, University of Southampton
Nuala Finnegan, Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Dean of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies, University College Cork
Known in Spanish as Día de Muertos, the Day of the Dead is celebrated every year on November 1 and 2. Blending Mesoamerican, Roman Catholic and pagan roots, this celebration sees families gather in many parts of Mexico and around the world to honour and commemorate their departed loved ones.
Enjoying a festive atmosphere, people build altars or visit cemeteries where they bring flowers and picnics, light candles and celebrate cherished relatives with storytelling and song.
The ritual is celebrated…
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By Gulnaz Anjum, Assistant Professor of Climate Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick
Mudassar Aziz, Researcher, Psychology, University of Oslo
Across the Caribbean, rebuilding after disaster means more than clearing debris. The real recovery is psychological, and it can take years.
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By Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, University of Leicester
More than five years into the homeworking revolution, a narrative seems to have emerged – of employees being hauled back to the office against their will. This contrasts with what COVID taught us: that people can work flexibly, benefit from not commuting, and even work for employers based far from their home – expanding the labour pool for employers.
In fact, both of these arguments are oversimplifications.
There is nothing inherent to working from home that makes it inefficient or efficient.…
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By Jack McNamara, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of East London
Men needed to do roughly nine hours of exercise to see a 30% reduction in their heart disease risk – while women only needed to do around four hours.
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By Myriam Lamrani, Associate Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Since appearing as a public shrine in 2001, the female death deity’s popularity has exploded and is a frequent sight in public ceremonies such as the Day of the Dead.
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By Tessa Devereaux, Assistant Professor in Politics, SOAS, University of London
Decades of neglect, corruption and state brutality have allowed armed group JNIM to gain the support of Mali’s marginalised communities.
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By Matt Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer in Film History in the School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London
Littered with references to some of the greatest scary stories ever told, this film is a proper induction into the cinematic world of terror.
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By Diogo Veríssimo, Research Fellow in Conservation Marketing, University of Oxford
Sally Sinclair, PhD candidate at Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
Environmental crime is big business, often listed among the world’s top five criminal activities, just behind counterfeiting and drug crime. So it would be reasonable to think it is a big priority for global law enforcement.
But our new research suggests this is not the case. For each country using a global list to track down wanted…
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