This is not the first time that sexual harassment and abuse in the UK Armed Forces has been the subject of inquiry John Gomez/Shutterstock The challenges faced by women in the UK Armed Forces are being considered by the country’s Defence Select Committee, which has launched an inquiry examining issuesContinue Reading
Despite its long history, our understanding of the relationship between sex and drugs remains limited Shutterstock/Panu Kosonen On their own, sex and drugs are cultural taboos. Combining them only adds to our reluctance to talk about them. But understanding how sex and drugs are connected isn’t something we should shyContinue Reading
When Joe Biden was confirmed as the winner of the US election, it came as a relief to many people in Ukraine. But while a Biden presidency is a welcome development, it’s unlikely to solve Ukraine’s myriad domestic issues – with enduring challenges such as endemic corruption set to continueContinue Reading
Cut it in half and it can also count as dessert. Shutterstock England’s regional COVID restrictions pose a Scotch-egg shaped conundrum: where is the dividing line between a “table meal” and a mere snack? The offending provision is Schedule Two, Reg.14(2) of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England)Continue Reading
Elvis Presley received a polio vaccination on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 neftali/Shutterstock.com If you had tuned into the Ed Sullivan Show on October 28 1956, you would have witnessed an unexpected promoter of public health. Just before he took the stage to gyrate his way through his hitContinue Reading
from www.shutterstock.com Coronavirus restrictions have shaped our daily lives for the past nine months. But the fact that we’ve all learned to live with them doesn’t mean they’re any easier to cope with. A key question as England went into a second national lockdown in early November – and asContinue Reading
Members of Anqa – a marketplace led by refugee business founders. Frederic Aranda/https://fredericaranda.com, Author provided “This was never my plan. I love my country”. I was sat with Thomas (not his real name) in a bustling community centre where he volunteers with fellow refugees and asylum seekers. Thomas, in hisContinue Reading
Can news survive the digital revolution? Syda Productions via Shutterstock It has been a long time coming, but the UK’s ailing news industry may finally be on the verge of structural change that could help slow, or maybe even reverse, the more than decade-long economic decline of public interest journalism.Continue Reading
Ben Allan/Unsplash, FAL Britain’s housing system is well and truly broken. House-builders sit on land already granted planning permission and drip-feed the market to keep supply low and prices high. Despite the coronavirus crisis, house prices continue to soar, excluding most from ever reaching onto the property ladder. Tax subsidiesContinue Reading
Rumor has it that Marcus Rashford and members of royal family will help with the NHS vaccine rollout campaign. Jose Breton- Pics Action/Shutterstock With trust in this government at an all time low and anti-vaxxer sentiment running wild on social media, the NHS plans to enlist “sensible” celebrities and “influencers”Continue Reading
