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Whiteness is an invented concept that has been used as a tool of oppression
Whiteness is a modern, colonial invention. It was devised in the 17th century and used to provide the logic for genocide and slavery. The first recorded mention of “white people”, historians concur, is in English playwright Thomas Middleton’s 1613 play, The Triumphs of Truth. Ever since the 17th century, peopleContinue Reading
How Arsenal could line up with new midfield partnership as targets revealed
ARSENAL are set to continue their summer of spending by bringing in two new midfielders from Premier League rivals. Boss Mikel Arteta has already splashed out £83million on four players as he looks to get over last season’s top four disappointment. 3 Oleksandr Zinchenko worked with Mikel Arteta at ManContinue Reading
I have COVID symptoms. Should I do a test?
Rapid tests are no longer free in the UK for most people. Photoroyalty/Shutterstock You’ve got a sore throat and feel like you might be coming down with something. A year ago, you would likely have taken a rapid test from your stash, and tested for COVID. But what about now?Continue Reading
The Railway Children Return movie review: this cosy sequel to a classic champions the underdog
Review at a glance T his Second World War-set adventure features a key character and many of the motifs from Lionel Jeffries’ beloved take on the E Nesbit classic. As kids movie sequels go, it’s sweet, smart and involving. I was weeping within the first five minutes. In 1905, theContinue Reading
The Very Best Prime Day Deals Still Live Today in the UK
From headphones and blenders to smartwatches and a fan, these are the actually good deals still live today on AmazonContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s ignominious end: the difference between ‘big tent’ politics and personalised populism
Following an excruciating few days when many of his colleagues left his cabinet over yet another scandal, Boris Johnson finally resigned on July 7 as leader of the Conservative party. As the UK is a parliamentary democracy, he continues as caretaker prime minister while the contest that will produce hisContinue Reading
Sir Mo Farah ‘relieved’ after Home Office reveals they’ll take no action over revelations he was trafficked into UK
SIR Mo Farah has said he is “relieved” the Home Office will take no action over revelations he was trafficked into the UK. The four-time Olympic champion added that he did not want to meet the woman who brought him in illegally from Somalia. 3 Sir Mo Farah has describedContinue Reading
Sri Lanka riots: how the tiny Indian Ocean island nation got into such a mess
The chaos in Sri Lanka has deepened after the country’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled to the Maldives. The president and his family left Colombo on a military jet just hours before he was due to resign in the face of massive popular protests which culminated on July 9 with crowdsContinue Reading
You really can die of sadness – and also happiness
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Dying of a broken heart was just a figure of speech until 2002 when Dr Hikaru Sato and colleagues at Hiroshima City Hospital described it in a study. Sato named the condition takotsubo cardiomyopathy. It was quickly dubbed “broken heart syndrome”. More recently, scientists have discovered thatContinue Reading
James Webb telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy
A star forming region in the Milky Way. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI After decades of development and many trials and frustrations along the way, the James Webb telescope has finally started to deliver what it came for. On July 12, Nasa released the first scientific observations made by theContinue Reading