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The tactics Tory rebels could use to derail Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson is keen to move on from the confidence vote that, while showing a victory on paper for him, reveals an extremely divided Conservative Party. Choppy waters lie ahead for the prime minister and his government, whose ambitious legislative agenda is now threatened by Tory MPs planning to rebelContinue Reading
FDA decision on Novavax’s Covid shots could be delayed to review changes in manufacturing
A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration needs to review changes to Novavax‘s manufacturing process beforeContinue Reading
Cardboard Citizens’ Chris Sonnex on theatre as activism: “it’s about changing the individual world”
W hile I’m being taken to meet Chris Sonnex at a small community centre in Walthamstow, one of his colleagues tells me that he’s going to change the world. “And he’s in a hurry to do it,” she says as we headed through the corridors on a rainy Wednesday. ItContinue Reading
Corsets and waist trainers: how celebrities and influencers have driven our modern obsession with shapewear
Social media has helped to make these products more relatable. Alvago/ Shutterstock Throughout history, women have faced pressure to have certain body shapes – often leading them to use extreme methods to achieve them. So you’d think with a greater emphasis on body positivity in recent years that the daysContinue Reading
Dark matter: should we be so sure it exists? Here’s how philosophy can help
The galaxy cluster Abell 520, with suspected dark matter highlighted in blue. NASA It has been more than 50 years since astronomers first proposed “dark matter”, which is thought to be the most common form of matter in the universe. Despite this, we have no idea what it is –Continue Reading
Ukraine: international pressure needs to be on Moscow, not Kyiv
Having crossed the 100-day mark, the war in Ukraine is having an ever more obvious, and negative, impact on a wide range of issues. From a global food crisis that could last for years to serious problems with the cost of living and the prospect of a world recession, theContinue Reading
Conservative Party: who are the rebels and why do they want Boris Johnson gone?
nui7711 via Shutterstock Boris Johnson rose to power as the Conservative Party’s “Heineken” leader: deemed able to reach parts of the electorate that other Conservatives couldn’t. But fewer than three years after winning a stunning election victory, he now has the distinction of attracting the greatest vote of no confidenceContinue Reading
Outdoor arts and culture to enjoy in London for summer 2022
I t’s summer, and we’re British, so even if the weather isn’t what we’d dreamed of, the very last thing anybody wants to do is spend their time cooped up inside – and that goes for cultural events too. Fortunately, London has you covered with a multitude of open-air exhibitions,Continue Reading
Everton, Leicester and Wolves fight for Torino’s New Zealand starlet Garbett
LEICESTER, WOLVES and Everton are tracking New Zealand’s rising star Matt Garbett. The 20-year-old Torino midfielder impressed with a tireless performance in the All Whites’ 1-0 loss to Peru in a friendly last Sunday. 1 London-born New Zealand midfielder Matt Garbett is on Prem clubs’ radar after breaking into theContinue Reading
COVID: six ways long-term smell loss can affect us
Losing your sense of smell can have a range of effects. Photoroyalty/Shutterstock Early in the pandemic, multiple studies showed that about half of people with COVID lost their sense of smell (called anosmia) at some point during the course of infection. Roughly an additional 20% to 35% experienced a clinicalContinue Reading