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Three ways to become more resilient to failure
Resilience can be built in a variety of ways. fizkes/ Shutterstock Failure may be an inevitable part of life, but that doesn’t make it any less painful when it does happen. It can be be particularly hard facing setbacks in your 20s and 30s, since this is the first timeContinue Reading
Joshua to be trained by Jones Jr for comeback after devastating Usyk losses
ANTHONY JOSHUA will be trained by boxing legend Roy Jones Jr as he tries to get back to the top of the sport. The Brit is reeling after back-to-back defeats against Oleksandr Usyk that saw him lose his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles. 3 Anthony Joshua is set toContinue Reading
Psychedelic research: balancing trippyness with a new scientific rigor – The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript
Research into psychedelics and their medical uses is making a comeback. 24K-Production via Shutterstock This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: Psychedelic research: balancing trippyness with a new scientific rigor, published on September 29, 2022. NOTE: Transcripts may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio before quotingContinue Reading
Covid outbreak worsens in southern Chinese city of Guangzhou
Guangzhou city in the southern province of Guangdong is the hardest hit in the latest Covid outbreak. Pictured here are closed stores in part of the city on Oct. 31, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Covid infections are surging in the capital of China’sContinue Reading
John Lewis Christmas advert 2022 review: a hero for our times
Review at a glance D rumroll. This is it, the OG: John Lewis kicked off the business of tugging on the nation’s heartstrings when they launched their first Christmas advert in 2007 (the one with the shadows, come on, you remember) , so naturally anticipation is high for this year’sContinue Reading
US midterms: five reasons why the election results matter
As the US midterm election results roll in, it’s evident that the Republican “red wave” that many experts anticipated hasn’t materialised. Early numbers indicate that Republicans are likely to take back the House of Representatives but by slimmer numbers than expected, even as the US Senate remains a toss-up. WhileContinue Reading
Manston holding facility: does the UK’s treatment of asylum seekers violate the law?
A woman held at the Manston holding facility in Kent is taking legal action against Home Secretary Suella Braverman. The asylum seeker claims that she was held unlawfully in “egregiously defective conditions” at the centre. Her case is supported by the organisation Detention Action, and another case is being putContinue Reading
Philosophy can help us deal with failures that seem insurmountable
GoodStudio/Shutterstock Philosophically speaking, some kinds of failure are more interesting than others. Failing to make a meeting on time or not being able to get out of bed without hitting snooze at least once on your alarm would fall in the “less interesting” camp. You can listen to more articlesContinue Reading
Israel election: what history can tell us about the prospects for stable government under Bibi Netanyahu
After a brief stint in opposition, Benyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and their far-right allies have bucked the pollsters’ predictions of an electoral stalemate and look set to take power with a majority in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament). It will be the most right-wing government since the founding of theContinue Reading
Pep Guardiola slams ‘crazy World Cup’ after Sepp Blatter admits it was a ‘mistake’ to host tournament in Qatar
PEP GUARDIOLA has slammed the “crazy World Cup” and would totally understand some of his Manchester City squad having one eye on the showpiece in Qatar. The first ever winter edition of the tournament gets underway later this month. 1 Pep Guardiola is fuming about the winter World CupCredit: GettyContinue Reading