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Global inequality may be falling, but the gap between haves and have-nots is growing
In one of the most unequal countries in the world, South Africa, the poorest 40% have annual incomes of less than US$1,000 (£727) per person. The comparable incomes for the richest 10% are more than US$39,000 per person – nearly 40 times higher than those of the bottom 40%. ThoseContinue Reading
All signals ‘Point ‘ to ‘Lynas’ and Ryan!
Point Lynas is strongly-fancied for the Novice Stakes over a mile of ‘good to firm’ Salisbury today on the strength of a ‘career-best’ effort in the fiercely-competitive seven furlongs Nursery Handicap at York last month, won by Harrow; significantly trainer Charles Hills has booked Ryan Noore, the seventh different jockeyContinue Reading
Sweden vs Spain: Stream, TV channel, team news and kick-off time
GROUP B table toppers Spain and Sweden go head to head as the two sides look to lay claim to the automatic World Cup qualifying place. The two sides were in the same group at Euro 2020 and it was the Swedes who got the upper hand over the summerContinue Reading
COVID-19: why it’s time for the UK to start sharing its vaccine doses
estherpoon/Shutterstock As soon as the UK’s vaccination strategy started proving successful earlier this year, arguments in favour of sharing excess COVID-19 vaccines with other countries began to appear. Yet over six months later, barely any vaccines have been sent overseas from Britain, despite it having ordered over half a billionContinue Reading
After the Plymouth attack, British gun laws under scrutiny
The UK has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. What were already tight rules have become progressively more restrictive following tragic events such as the 1987 shootings in Hungerford, England and the 1996 shootings in Dunblane, Scotland. In most circumstances it is illegal to own a firearmContinue Reading
Afghanistan: right to leave a country to seek asylum is well established in international law
With the withdrawal of US and allied forces and final evacuation flights having departed, it’s becoming difficult and dangerous for most Afghans to leave the country. Evacuation flights were only available to select groups, notably foreign nationals, Afghans employed by western organisations, and those most at risk of Taliban reprisal.Continue Reading
How snake oil got a bad name
During the pandemic, the pejorative term “snake-oil salesman” has been bandied about a lot. It’s been used, perhaps with a tinge of 1980s nostalgia, to describe convicted fraudster and serial opportunist Jim Bakker, whose colloidal Silver Solution required only some deft rebranding to become a specific curative for COVID-19. ForContinue Reading
Cuts to housing benefits led to over 75,000 more overcrowded households during the pandemic
I Wei Huang/Shutterstock COVID-19 has been described as a “housing disease”. Overcrowded living conditions make it easier for the virus to spread, and statistics show a link between overcrowding and mortality from COVID. In my new research published in the International Journal of Housing Policy, I found that reductions toContinue Reading
Mars InSight: mission unveils surprising secrets of red planet’s interior – new research
The Mars InSight lander. NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY-SA We may have walked on the Moon and sent probes across the solar system, but we know very little about what’s going on inside other planets. Now, for the first time, we have been able to view the interior of one, thanks toContinue Reading
“Recalibrations” and Heritage Open Days
Summer seems to be drawing to a close and we are trying to make the most of the warm, sunny hours the last few days have afforded us. I’m still sorting through the photos and clips we took during our Tudor Reenactment Days but I can do that in theContinue Reading