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Cold-water swimming: what you can do to acclimatise to the temperature
With the growth in outdoor swimming during the pandemic, and with more people trying it out this winter, the question of whether the body gets used to cold temperatures if you swim often is much debated. The short answer is “it can”. But it’s a bit more complicated than that.Continue Reading
China’s plans for Xinjiang, and what it means for the region’s persecuted Uyghurs – podcast
When the Beijing Winter Olympics open on February 4, diplomats from a number of countries, including the US, UK, Canada and Australia, will not be there to watch. Their diplomatic boycott hinges on concerns about human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In this episode of The ConversationContinue Reading
Social care: how Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children face discrimination across Europe and the UK
A Roma boy and his horse in Velykyi Bereznyi, a settlement in the Carpathian mountains, in Western Ukraine. Brum | Shutterstock Throughout Europe – from Italy to Hungary – Romani children are overrepresented in institutional care. This is particularly acute in eastern Europe. As many as four in five childrenContinue Reading
Maus: Pulitzer-winning graphic novel about Holocaust banned by US school district
A US school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman, according to minutes from a board meeting. McMinn County School Board in Tennessee decided on January 10 to remove Maus from its curriculum,Continue Reading
Ukraine and Russia: two countries whose memories of a ‘shared’ past could not be more different
With the recent build-up of Russian forces around Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russians and Ukrainians occupy “the same historical and spiritual space” has taken on an ominous tone. In the eyes of large swaths of the Russian political elite, these countries share the same roots, some even dispute theContinue Reading
Jerusalem: evictions show how urban planning is being weaponised against Palestinians
Palestinian residents protest evictions in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Haim Yacobi, Author provided One olive in my garden is better than anything material in the whole world. These sad words were uttered by Mahmoud Salhiya after his home in Sheikh Jarrah was recently demolished by Israeli forces. Sheikh JarrahContinue Reading
Populist nations fared much worse during Covid outbreak, new research says
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, delivers a speech at the Fidesz party headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, on April 8, 2018. Akos Stiller | Bloomberg via Getty Images Risk of death from Covid-19 is significantly higher in countries ruled by populist governments, a new study has found. Published Thursday in theContinue Reading
Rangnick and Pogba can make beautiful music together as star nears injury return
RALF RANGNICK may be the last Old Trafford manager faced with the Paul Pogba problem. Yet he may also become the first to solve it. 2 Paul Pogba is set to return from injury for what could be his final months as a Manchester United playerCredit: PA 2 Ralf RangnickContinue Reading
COVID: England’s plan B restrictions are lifting – but are some measures here to stay?
Roughly a month and a half after their introduction, England’s plan B winter COVID measures are being rolled back. From January 27, people will no longer be advised to work from home or required to wear face masks in indoor public venues, and NHS COVID passes will no longer beContinue Reading
‘Message’ is clear and ‘Blue!’ is also coloured!
Whiteandblue has the beating of eleven rivals in a shallow Median Auction Maiden Stakes over six furlongs of Southwell tapeta this afternoon but unfortunately readers of this column will be tired of me mentioning Brian Smart’s charge positively given this Fountain Of Youth filly has failed to win from eightContinue Reading