It was, in many ways, a gleaming example of just how strong our love for music remains. Social media was taken over by statistics, a flurry of figures showing just how many millions of hours we’ve all spent listening to our favourite artists over the past year — whether itContinue Reading

Yes, it’s that time of year again when we debate if it might not be too early to start buying Christmas presents or putting up some lights. When I was growing up, my mother used to decorate the Christmas tree on the 24th December and festive lights in people’s gardensContinue Reading

'One China' principle: what this interesting aspect of diplomacy means for China and Taiwan

Dilok Klaisataporn/Shutterstock The tense triangular relationship between the US, China and Taiwan has emerged once again amid escalating military tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The status of the small, densely populated island off the southeast coast of the Chinese mainland is hotly contested and there are almost daily news reportsContinue Reading

Unilateralism, drawn wide, raced outside throughout the  Novice Stakes over a mile of Lingfield polytrack Monday and once again it came home ‘you can’t beat the draw’, even in small fields; positioning is so vital and of course jockeys don’t give an inch, why should they? Both Fair And SquareContinue Reading

How air filters can make COVID wards safer for patients and staff

Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock Hospitals are there to help sick people get better, but they can also be an infection risk. During the pandemic, many healthcare workers have caught COVID from patients they’ve been treating. Non-COVID patients have also picked up the virus while in hospital. In non-pandemic times, patients with highlyContinue Reading

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s efforts to ease supply chain issues during the holiday season, at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden on Thursday asked businesses to voluntarily move forward with the administration’s Covid-19 vaccine and testing requirements,Continue Reading