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How Japan’s Olympic success has been followed by COVID failure
From a sporting perspective, the Tokyo Olympics were a massive success for Japan. Finishing third behind the Olympic behemoths of the US and China, Japan secured a record 27 gold medals. Yet, as the closing ceremony reached a crescendo, on the Tokyo streets ambulances were taking patients from hospital toContinue Reading
Can Labour fix its relationship with its Muslim voters before it’s too late?
Labour leader Keir Starmer celebrated victory in the recent Batley and Spen by-election by declaring his party “is back”. He hailed Kim Leadbeater’s win as the beginning of Labour’s fight to win the next general election. But the narrowness of the result has exposed festering doubts about the sustainability ofContinue Reading
Why animals recognise numbers but only humans can do maths
Everything I Do/Shutterstock Counting feels utterly effortless to adults, who are unlikely to even remember when or how they picked up this useful, apparently automatic skill. Yet when you think about it, counting is a remarkable invention. It helped early humans to trade, apportion food and organise fledgling civilisations, layingContinue Reading
Afghan women’s lives are now in danger from the Taliban – but they have always faced male violence
A mural in Afghanistan protests at the mob killing of Fakunda Malikzada: ‘Fakhunda’s murder is a stain on all Afghan men'. Ayesha Ahmad, Author provided The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has undoubtedly put women’s lives in danger and threatened their human rights in new ways. But if weContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI respond to two emergencies
Exmouth RNLI volunteers have responded to two reported emergencies recently. At 9.10pm on Tuesday 24 August 2021, H.M. Coastguard tasked Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II to attend a report of flashing lights seen close to the cliffs between Orcombe Point and Sandy Bay, Exmouth. The charity’s lifeboatContinue Reading
‘Victoria’ and Hayley look a winning combination!
Victoria Grove is a confident call to make it third time lucky in the nine-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over a mile of ‘good to soft’ Thirsk, one of my absolute ‘favourite’ North Yorkshire racecourses which represented tremendous ambiance when attending more than two-hundred and fifty meetings annually.. They were wonderfulContinue Reading
The Show WILL go on
Teignmouth Players return to the iconic Ice Factory Studio Theatre After what seems an age the Teignmouth Players are at last able to return to the Ice Factory Studio Theatre and will celebrate their return with a New, Original Musical play that will be a delight for Sinatra fans andContinue Reading
‘You couldn’t leave your husband. It wasn’t done’ – the story of the women behind the first domestic violence refuges
The women who set up the first women’s refuges in the UK in the 1970s changed the world. They saved the lives of many women. And the projects and political actions they began have grown into an international movement which campaigns for justice and supports all survivors and victims ofContinue Reading
Ronapreve: new COVID-19 treatment has just been authorised – here’s everything you need to know
Corona Borealis Studio/Shutterstock The UK medicines regulator has just approved a new COVID-19 treatment. Branded Ronapreve in the UK and REGEN-COV in the US, the drug was developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals with Roche. It first grabbed headlines in October 2020 when President Trump received it during his COVID-19 infection. AlreadyContinue Reading
Origins of the Taliban and what their history tells us about takeover of Afghanistan – podcast
The Taliban on patrol in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, in late August 2021. EPA In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to two Afghan experts about the origins of the Taliban and what’s happened over the last 20 years that enabled the group to retake control ofContinue Reading