Tom Wilkinson: an actor of great humanity who seldom played the lead but dominated the screen: It is rare that the news of the death of an actor brings with it a pang of loss for something more than their craft, something perhaps more profound. But such was the public regard and affection for Tom …
If the first solar entrepreneur hadn’t been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?: George Cove stands next to his third solar array. Popular Electricity Magazine, April 1910 / Low Tech Magazine One argument put forward in defence of fossil fuels is that they were a historical necessity, because …
Sudan’s entire history has been dominated by soldiers and the violence and corruption they bring: Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) recently announced it would be deploying officers to the streets of Khartoum to “secure public and private property”. That may sound puzzling in the context of the current violence: what are the police doing in …
Shinzo Abe: the disputed legacy of a politician who dominated public life in Japan after WWII: The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has shaken the nation to its core. Abe was murdered while making a speech in support of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate in Nara in the run-up to …
Euro 2022: why women’s football remains dominated by the men’s game: England's Beth Mead takes control. Shutterstock/Romain Biard Just over a hundred years ago, women in England were effectively banned from playing football. The Football Association ruled in 1921 that clubs were not allowed to let women play in their grounds, ensuring there could be …
Male voices dominated South African COVID reporting: that has to change: Professor Glenda Gray was the most visible female scientist in South African media coverage during the first six months of COVID. South African Medical Research Council The onset of the COVID pandemic and the many months of uncertainty, anxiety and push for scientific breakthroughs …
The climate crisis affects everyone – here’s how to make sure discussions aren’t dominated by white men: City-level climate talks are often dominated by those who carry social privilege. UNFCCC/Flickr Governments across the world are facing increasing pressure to keep rising global temperatures below 1.5C above pre-industrial levels: the threshold that scientists advise is necessary …
South Africa in the news: Clover’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Demonstrates 79% Efficacy Against Delta in Global Phase 2/3 SPECTRA Trial Dominated by Variants of Concern an: Trial enrolled over 30,000 adult & elderly participants across 4 continents; 100% of SARS-CoV-2 strains observed in efficacy analysis were variants (Delta was predominant strain) Primary and secondary …: …
Working from home: How classism covertly dominated the conversation: Small365/Shutterstock Since the arrival of the pandemic, media accounts about the new world of work have painted a curiously uniform picture of the jobs that people across the UK do. Chief among them was the idea that everyone was all suddenly compelled to work fully from …
Why nursing in Denmark pays less than professions dominated by men: shutterstock GagliardiPhotography/Shutterstock The gender pay gap and what to do about it in Denmark recently came to a head in the nursing profession. During the pandemic, focus on the work of nurses has come to the fore in a number of countries, including in …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s banking sector is dominated by 5 names – who control almost 90% of all assets: According to the SARB, South Africa’s banking sector is dominated by the five largest banks, which collectively held 89.4% of the total banking sector assets as at 31 March 2020 (March 2019 …: …
Kubernetes, standardization, and security dominated 2017 Linux container news: Containers were big news in 2017, on Opensource.com and throughout the IT infrastructure community. Three primary storylines dominated container news over the past year: read more: Opensource.com ghaff Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?
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