Covid-19 may stay with us forever
Many scientists expect that Covid-19 will become an endemic disease. Does that mean accepting some deaths as inevitable?Continue Reading
2021-09-28
Why the UK childcare system is at breaking point
Over the last ten years, formal childcare in the UK has steadily become unaffordable for most parents. Recent reports on a UK web-based parent survey undertaken this summer by Mumsnet (in partnership with other parenting and campaigning organisations) have honed in on some startling figures. Of the 2,047 respondents MumsnetContinue Reading
2021-09-28
Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon review: it’s a must-see
Review at a glance T he centrepiece of this show is a beautifully shot video, made this year. It ends with archive footage of a young Theaster Gates telling an interviewer that he is “dying to do a short film about clay”. It took the 48 year old a whileContinue Reading
2021-09-28
Global Britain is becoming a stooge of the US
The scenes as American and British troops withdrew from Afghanistan were heartbreaking. People desperate to leave the country they love, offering up their children for transportation to a more peaceful country, being crushed to death for a chance at freedom. Those horrific scenes were also visual confirmation of Britain’s waningContinue Reading
2021-09-27
Germany election: Olaf Scholz’s social democrats come out on top but smaller parties hold the key to government
Election night in Germany proved inconclusive. There were some clear winners and losers, but not such that we can be sure of the shape of the next German government. The social democratic SPD came out on top, crowning a remarkable turnaround in its fortunes. In 2017, it bagged the worstContinue Reading
2021-09-27
Hossam Metwally case: how exorcism can become a cover for domestic abuse
Tinnakorn jorruang/Shutterstock The sentencing of Hossam Metwally for poisoning his partner, Kelly Wilson, in a series of “exorcisms” was always likely to attract attention. The former NHS anaesthetist from Grimsby in the east of England has been jailed for 14 and a half years for what a judge described asContinue Reading
2021-09-27
‘Firth’ to go one better on a retrieving mission!
Firth Of Clyde, mount of champion jockey Oisin Murphy, clear top-rated on BHA ratings and my time-handicap, is by far the most experienced and, from in-form yard of Paul Cole, represents a start of the week ‘special’ in the eight-runner Novice Stakes over a mile of ‘firm’ ground Bath; aContinue Reading
2021-09-27
Ronaldo set to take Man Utd pens after awful Fernandes miss despite worse record
CRISTIANO RONALDO is in line to take Manchester United’s next penalty following Bruno Fernandes’ howler against Aston Villa – despite having a WORSE record. United slipped to a 1-0 defeat following a late Kortney Hause goal at Old Trafford on Saturday. Cristiano Ronaldo could take over penalties at Man UtdContinue Reading
2021-09-27
Hundreds of Fun Palaces to pop up this October as communities celebrate their culture and talents
• Community-made Fun Palaces return to celebrate arts, culture, science and creativity in the heart of communities. • Events are a mix of in-person and online, big and tiny, following the success of Tiny Fun Palaces in 2020. • 2021 marks 60 years since pioneering theatre maker Joan Littlewood conceivedContinue Reading
2021-09-27
Singapore is seeing daily record Covid cases. Here’s why it may not be a bad thing
People walk at a pedestrian crossing along the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore on September 7, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Authorities in Singapore have tightened Covid measures as infections in the country rise to fresh record highs — but two health experts toldContinue Reading
2021-09-27