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Covid put paid to last season’s skiing, so many of us are keen to venture out this year. But how to minimise the risks?
2020’s reports of large alpine resorts being super-spreader venues will leave many wondering if we will ever safely return to the slopes. But fortunately, there is a great alternative! Now I’m a very average holiday skier and way beyond the first flush of youth. Black runs were always aspirational andContinue Reading
Why is Justin Trudeau so much more popular abroad than in Canada? Podcast
Canadians head to the polls on September 20 in an early parliamentary election. In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly, two experts on Canadian politics profile the current prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and explore why he’s so much more popular abroad than at home. And we talk to aContinue Reading
Vegan diet of an Olympic heavyweight boxer and how lack of meat gives the edge
VEGAN boxer Cheavon Clarke has told promoters ‘show me the money’ before he cooks up a storm in the professional ranks. The Team GB star got to the quarter-finals in the delayed Tokyo Olympics but was knocked out on a split-decision by Russian Muslim Gadzhimagomedov. 3 The vegan diet ofContinue Reading
UK festival line-ups 2022: Best tickets to buy, Green Man to TRSNMT
T here were times when it didn’t look like it would happen, but the UK’s festival summer finally arrived – and what a blast it’s been. Here, we’ve rounded up the major UK festivals to have confirmed their dates for 2022, split into those with line-ups already announced, and thoseContinue Reading
COVID winter plan: UK blueprint doesn’t go far enough – here’s a health expert’s alternative
UK prime minister Boris Johnson recently announced a fuzzy blueprint for his “winter plan”, in which further lockdowns and compulsory mask-wearing were not being introduced but could not be ruled out. As an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in complex systems and health policy, it looks to me like the UK isContinue Reading
COVID in schools – how ventilation can help to combat spread of virus
As the new academic year gets underway, there is understandable concern over how to curb the spread of COVID in schools. Air-quality specialists in Australia have recommended that air purifiers with high-efficiency particulate air (Hepa) filters be installed in all classrooms. The Welsh government, meanwhile, has set aside £6 millionContinue Reading
Tens of thousands of care workers face the sack in WEEKS if they don’t get a Covid jab
TENS of thousands of care workers face the sack within weeks if they don’t get a Covid jab. NHS figures show 39,000 care home staff in England still had not had their first vaccine by Monday – despite first getting the offer in January. Alamy Tens of thousands of careContinue Reading
Liz Truss: three areas where the new foreign secretary will have the most influence
In naming her as the new foreign secretary, Boris Johnson has handed Liz Truss a bewildering array of global problems and relationships to manage. Foreign secretary is a difficult role, quite distinct from other posts in government. Many occupants are criticised for a lack of vision – which comes partlyContinue Reading
UK COVID plan: how will the pandemic play out this winter?
Afanasiev Andrii/Shutterstock Winter is always a challenging time for the NHS. On top of providing routine healthcare, there are the added demands of seasonal illnesses such as flu. There’s also a large backlog this year of healthcare delayed by the pandemic. If COVID-19 hospitalisations spike, then there’s once again aContinue Reading
Do the northern lights make sounds that you can hear?
John A Davis/Shutterstock It’s a question that has puzzled observers for centuries: do the fantastic green and crimson light displays of the aurora borealis produce any discernible sound? Conjured by the interaction of solar particles with gas molecules in Earth’s atmosphere, the aurora generally occurs near Earth’s poles, where theContinue Reading