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Barbados: after four centuries under the British crown, former slave island looks to bright new republican future
Fifty-five years after gaining independence from Britain in 1966, Barbados has become a republic – and other Commonwealth countries, where support for the monarchy is becoming more volatile than ever, could well follow in its wake. The change to a republic has been a long time coming for the 300,000Continue Reading
Sweden’s flight-free movement: how views about holiday air travel are changing
Train journeys have been embraced as climate-friendly travel. Michael715/Shutterstock Air travel is often presented as desirable, despite its high environmental cost. In Sweden, however, a movement advocating avoiding flying has gained influence since 2016, and has started to change the way travel is portrayed in the Swedish media. Going onContinue Reading
Fans in stitches as ‘Daft Punk reunite’ to deliver Messi’s 7th Ballon d’Or award
FORMULA ONE stars Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon had social media joking that Daft Punk had reunited following their appearance at the Ballon d’Or award ceremony. The Alpine drivers delivered the Men’s and Women’s awards on stage wearing their F1 helmets, with users comparing the two to the French electronicContinue Reading
Get into the ‘Zone’ with Graham!
Firstly, before my daily missive on what could happen today, lets’ just hark back to yesterday when yet another sudden ‘bounce’ yielded about THIRTY POINTS PROFIT from 10/1 winner, Spirit Of Aghuru, and ‘safe anchor’ Wonder Elmossman (1/2) which combined to supplement early gains virtue of a 15/1 double; ofContinue Reading
COVID: will the UK vaccinate children under 12?
PattyPhoto/Shutterstock Some countries, such as the US and Israel, are now offering COVID vaccines to all children aged five and over. It’s a sign of how well vaccine rollout has gone in these places, but also that the pandemic is still raging on. Governments are going further and further toContinue Reading
Kasabian star Serge Pizzorno joins Banksy in art show
They are among the names showing work in a street art exhibition on Portobello Road. Pizzorno, who exhibits his work under the name daft-apeth, is not the only artist on show with a background in the music business. Jamie Reid Also involved is Jamie Reid whose best known works includeContinue Reading
HS2: transport expert on the huge gaps in the government’s new plan
Dropping the Leeds branch of HS2 has been seen as a betrayal of the north. Martin D Brown | Shutterstock In 2009, the company HS2 was set up to provide a new high-speed rail line in England. It was planned to be built in two stages. Phase one would goContinue Reading
We don’t know much about Omicron but we do about jabs – they WORK
WE don’t know much yet about Omicron – the new variant of the Covid virus. But we do know a lot about the vaccines that have been protecting us during the past year — and we have no reason to believe that those vaccines won’t work against this latest strainContinue Reading
Hypersonic missiles are fuelling fears of a new superpower arms race
Maxal Tamor/Shutterstock (with elements supplied by Nasa) According to media reports from Washington, the Biden administration wants to engage China in talks on arms control and non-proliferation. The US president, Joe Biden, and Chinese leader, Xi Jinping discussed the issue during their recent virtual summit. The issue has not previouslyContinue Reading
Young children all find politics engaging but by 15 this has changed – new research shows why
At age 11, children from poorly educated families are as interested in politics as children from well-educated ones. But by the time they turn 15, children with well-educated parents are 10% more interested in politics than those with poorly educated parents. The social gap in political engagement is one ofContinue Reading