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What Elvis Presley’s televised polio vaccination can tell us about the shortfalls of celebrity-endorsed health campaigns
Elvis Presley received a polio vaccination on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 neftali/Shutterstock.com If you had tuned into the Ed Sullivan Show on October 28 1956, you would have witnessed an unexpected promoter of public health. Just before he took the stage to gyrate his way through his hitContinue Reading
Second lockdown left women feeling worn out – while men complained of boredom
from www.shutterstock.com Coronavirus restrictions have shaped our daily lives for the past nine months. But the fact that we’ve all learned to live with them doesn’t mean they’re any easier to cope with. A key question as England went into a second national lockdown in early November – and asContinue Reading
‘The asylum process broke my dream … now I have a new one.’ The refugee entrepreneurs
Members of Anqa – a marketplace led by refugee business founders. Frederic Aranda/https://fredericaranda.com, Author provided “This was never my plan. I love my country”. I was sat with Thomas (not his real name) in a bustling community centre where he volunteers with fellow refugees and asylum seekers. Thomas, in hisContinue Reading
BCCI AGM On December 24; Decision On Two New IPL Teams, ICC Representative On Cards, Says Report | Cricket News
The next Annual General Meeting of the BCCI is likely to be held on December 24.© AFP The BCCI will hold its Annual General Meeting on December 24 to discuss the induction of two new IPL franchises besides the appointment of India’s ICC representative and three new national selectors. AlsoContinue Reading
ISL: Hyderabad FC Held By Jamshedpur FC In 1-1 Draw | Football News
Aridane Santana scores past the Jamshedpur FC goalkeeper in their ISL fixture.© Twitter Stephen Eze salvaged a point for Jamshedpur FC with an 85th-minute strike to help his side hold Hyderabad FC to a 1-1 draw in an Indian Super League match on Wednesday. Aridane Santana scored his second goalContinue Reading
3rd ODI: Glenn Maxwell Sees Nothing Wrong In Playing Switch-Hit Shot, Says It’s “Within The Laws” | Cricket News
India vs Australia: Glenn Maxwell talks with Ashton Agar during the third ODI match.© AFP Former Australia captain Ian Chappell may call it “blatantly unfair” but Glenn Maxwell sees nothing wrong in employing the switch-hit, describing it as a “different part” of cricket’s evolution over the years. A switch hitContinue Reading
Pfizer vaccine has just been approved: here’s what the next few months will look like
The UK has become the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for widespread use. The government has ordered 40 million doses and the first batch of 800,000 doses is expected to be shipped from Belgium – where the vaccine is being made – in the next couple of days.Continue Reading
Finally there might be some good news about UK journalism
Can news survive the digital revolution? Syda Productions via Shutterstock It has been a long time coming, but the UK’s ailing news industry may finally be on the verge of structural change that could help slow, or maybe even reverse, the more than decade-long economic decline of public interest journalism.Continue Reading
A philosophical idea that can help us understand why time is moving slowly during the pandemic
During the pandemic moments have folded into each other and time has moved in an odd way. The Alarm Clock by Diego Rivera. Wikimedia Many people feel that their experience of time has been a bit off this year. Even though the clocks are ticking as they should be, daysContinue Reading
How “cradle-to-career” schools provide all-round support and tackle inequality
wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock During the COVID-19 lockdowns, stories have been shared of schools delivering food parcels, phoning struggling families and providing on-site care for the children of key workers. We have seen many schools go much further than their statutory role of educating and safeguarding their pupils, sometimes acting as the mostContinue Reading