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Writer of Grenfell: Value Engineering and System Failure on why they’re needed, and what must be done
V erbatim theatre – where every word spoken onstage is taken from the testimony of real people – can be a powerful extension of journalism. Verbatim theatre allows people to speak for themselves to a live audience, and as a result can have a stronger impact than conventional media. OverContinue Reading
Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia – here’s what we know about the disease
American actor Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, his family has announced. In 2022, the 67-year-old action movie star was diagnosed with aphasia – difficulty with language and speech. Aphasia can occur for a variety of reasons (most commonly stroke) but for Willis, it is now clear that these speech problemsContinue Reading
How your brain decides what to think
You’re sitting on the plane, staring out of the window at the clouds and all of a sudden, you think back to how a few months ago, you had a heart-to-heart with a good colleague about the pressure you experience at work. How do thoughts seemingly completely unrelated to theContinue Reading
If Biden doesn’t run in 2024, here are the main rivals for the Democratic nomination
Joe Biden has made it clear he intends to stand for re-election in 2024. But despite his state of the union address reflecting a fighting spirit that many interpreted as another indication for a 2024 bid, Biden’s intention may not necessarily hold up. Within the Democratic party, concerns have grownContinue Reading
Ukraine: 12 months at war – Biden visit to Kyiv sets the seal on a year of growing western unity and Russian isolation
Ukraine undoubtedly remains on top of the global political agenda. Not only did it dominate discussions at the Munich security conference, but the surprise visit of the US president, Joe Biden, to Kyiv sent an unmistakable message to Russia, and the rest of the world: the west stands with UkraineContinue Reading
How queuing leads to city centre violence and what our research says about preventing night-time brawls
People go out at night because they want to socialise, drink and be entertained. Unfortunately, all too often that leads to violent behaviour in our towns and city centres. But the events that lead to such violence are poorly understood. We set out to explore some of the possible explanationsContinue Reading
Man City deal massive blow to Newcastle by poaching their key analyst
MANCHESTER CITY have poached Newcastle’s highly-rated coaching analyst Mark Leyland. It is a big blow to the high-flying Magpies, who only hired him from Liverpool 14 months ago. 2 Toon boss Eddie Howe with coaching analyst Mark Leyland (second from right)Credit: Getty 2 Newcastle and his coaching team on theContinue Reading
How to Protect Yourself from Twitter’s 2FA Crackdown
Twitter is disabling SMS-based two-factor authentication. Switch to these alternatives to keep your account safe.Continue Reading
Why Biden is the Democrats best hope of winning the 2024 election
The 2024 US presidential election race is already under way. In recent polls, President Joe Biden is the clear favourite among Democrats for the 2024 nomination. No one else comes close, with Vice-President Kamala Harris a distant second, some twenty points behind. Biden is the only candidate who would preserveContinue Reading
Back to the Future cast enjoy rare reunion 37 years after original movie was released
The four actors, who played Marty McFly, Dr Emmett Brown, Lorraine Baines-McFly and Biff Tannen respectively in the time travelling trillogy, were reunited at a fan convention in Portland, Oregon over the weekend where they posed for the ultimate selfie. In the snap, which was posted to Thompson’s account, Wilson,Continue Reading