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The UK now ranks as one of the most socially liberal countries in Europe – new research
IR Stone/Shutterstock It’s easy to lose sight of just how accepting the UK now is as a nation. What were once pressing moral concerns have become simple facts of life for much of the public. The UK, in fact, now ranks as one of the most accepting countries internationally, asContinue Reading
Miley Cyrus: What we’ve learnt from her triumphant Endless Summer Vacation return
T oday marked the release of Miley Cyrus’ much anticipated new album, Endless Summer Vacation. It is likely to be a huge commercial success and our critic was pretty keen on it too. She has often put clues in her songs of the real person behind the mic and whatContinue Reading
North Carolina lawmakers intervene to defend abortion pill restrictions in case testing FDA power
Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal judge on Friday allowed North Carolina lawmakers to defend restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, after the stateContinue Reading
Doctors shocked to discover Covid gave boy deadly brain condition
DOCTORS were shocked to discover Covid left a teenage boy with a killer brain condition. The 14-year-old Iranian ended up in hospital in June 2020 after getting badly hurt in a motorcycle accident. Getty The teenage boy experienced a stroke after catching Covid[/caption] The teen was suffering from a brokenContinue Reading
Ukraine war: a fight to the death in Bakhmut with both sides bogged in the spring thaw
With winter coming to a close in Ukraine, Russia is making a series of advances in the eastern Donbas region, with a primary aim of capturing the city of Bakhmut. While the city itself has some (limited) strategic significance as a regional transport hub, neither its symbolic nor material valueContinue Reading
Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Dances and concerts were usually the only opportunity for patients to meet in a large group. K. Drake/Wellcome Collection, CC BY-NC Music has a powerful effect on the listener. It is linked to better mental health, and it has been shown to alleviate loneliness, pain, anxiety and depression. For thisContinue Reading
Why does music bring back memories? What the science says
Listening to certain songs can trigger some pretty intense memories. Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio You’re walking down a busy street on your way to work. You pass a busker playing a song you haven’t heard in years. Now suddenly, instead of noticing all the goings on in the city around you, you’reContinue Reading
Tuchel ‘wanted injunction to stop ex-wife revealing reasons for Chelsea sacking’
THOMAS TUCHEL was allegedly sacked as Chelsea manager for “off-field reasons” and because the players “lost respect” for him, according to an email from his ex-wife. The German coach, 49, was dismissed by Blues owner Todd Boehly in September and replaced by Graham Potter. 2 Thomas Tuchel, left, split fromContinue Reading
Georgia: ‘foreign agent law’ protests show disconnect between pro-Moscow government and west-leaning population
The Georgian government has been forced to withdraw its controversial “foreign agent” law after days of mass protests against what many saw as Russian-inspired legislation which would limit press freedom, making its chances of ever joining the European Union near impossible. Over two nights this week, thousands of protesters haveContinue Reading
Iran: unions and civil rights groups demand democracy and social justice
Women, life, freedom: protests against the oppression of Iranian women in Iran in Ottowa, Canada, September 2022. Taymaz Valley/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Forty-four years after Iranians rose up against their hated monarch in February 1979, a group of 20 organisations engaged in long-term social and economic struggles – including labourContinue Reading