Killers with severe mental health issues are perceived as monsters – a terrible failure of academics like me: According to an investigation by Hundred Families, a charity that supports and advocates for families affected by mental health homicides, each year an average of 65 mentally ill people carry out killings. Between 2018-2023, 390 mental health …
Nigeria’s terror group Lakurawa is nothing new – it exists because of government’s failure: analysts: The Nigerian army has spoken of attacks on the Niger-Nigeria border in 2024 as being carried out by a new terrorist group. This sect is known as Lakurawa … The Lakurawa are affiliated to terrorists in the Sahel, particularly from …
Democrat failure to save US speaker hands victory to Republican right: California Republican Kevin McCarthy has become the first ever speaker of the US House of Representatives to be ejected from his position. In a 216 to 210 vote, Democrats joined with far-right Republicans to remove McCarthy from office. The “motion to vacate” the speakership, …
Brush your teeth! Bad oral hygiene linked to cancer, heart attacks and renal failure: It’s normal to have bacteria in your mouth. But harmful bacteria have been linked to a host of health problems. Medical scientist Glenda Davison and microbiologist Yvonne Prince, who have researched the oral cavity, explain why it’s so important to practise …
Threats of failure motivate some students – but it’s not a technique to use on the whole class: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock It is the start of a new academic year, and a fresh group of students will be beginning study towards their GCSEs. After two years, they will be taking exams with important consequences: the …
Pentagon leak of US intelligence on Ukraine and other allies shows failure to learn from Chelsea Manning affair: The world’s media was predictably alive last weekend with speculation about Jack Teixeira, the young US guardsman who was charged in a case involving leaked confidential US defence and intelligence documents. The actual charge levelled against the …
The UK’s unworkable immigration plans allow the government to blame others for its failure: The illegal migration bill, which purports to end small boat crossings and would effectively bar asylum seeking, has made its way through committee stage. The controversial policy is more likely to be challenged in international courts than to curb small boat …
The decision to ditch the UK’s Department for International Trade is testament to the failure of Brexit: Shutterstock/ratlos The move to merge the UK government’s departments of trade and business has been likened by one journalist to rearranging the deckchairs on a sinking ship. But it is in fact a significant moment in the country’s …
Henry Kissinger at 100: history will judge the former US secretary of state’s southern African interventions to be a failure: Former American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 2019. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Henry Kissinger, who sexed up the art of diplomacy in the eight years between 1969 and 1977, will turn 100 in …
World Cup 2022: heat on Qatar diverts attention from Fifa’s failure to tackle proven corruption: kovop58/Shutterstock Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 men’s football World Cup has provoked a fair degree of anger and confusion. Why, many have asked, was the tournament awarded to a country with such a poor record on human rights in general …
Ghana digitised its address system: its failure offers lessons to other African countries creating smart cities: Property address has long been a problem in Ghana Wikimedia Commons Smart urbanism is about using digital technologies to address urban problems. Across the continent, digital technologies and smart initiatives have been applied in myriad ways, including crime control, …
COP27 will be remembered as a failure – here’s what went wrong: Billed as “Africa’s COP”, the 27th UN climate change summit (otherwise known as COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was expected to promote climate justice, as this is the continent most affected but least responsible for the climate crisis. Negotiations for a fund that would …
What psychology tells us about the failure of the emergency services at the Manchester Arena bombing: The second stage of the official inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 has produced a harrowing account of what went wrong in the emergency response. The terrorist attack resulted in the deaths of 22 innocent victims. Sir …
Three ways to become more resilient to failure: Resilience can be built in a variety of ways. fizkes/ Shutterstock Failure may be an inevitable part of life, but that doesn’t make it any less painful when it does happen. It can be be particularly hard facing setbacks in your 20s and 30s, since this is …
Entrepreneurs know that failure is sometimes necessary – here’s what we can learn from them: Candyclub / Shutterstock Failure isn’t pleasant but it is inevitable. And often, it is a stepping stone on the way to success. This is especially true in entrepreneurship. Given the considerable degree of uncertainty and ambiguity associated with starting and …
How the philosophy behind the Japanese art form of _kintsugi_ can help us navigate failure: Marco Montalti/Shutterstock In our 20s and 30s, there can be immense pressure to measure up to the expectations of society, our families, our friends and even those we have for ourselves. Many people look back and feel disappointed that they …
What’s it like being a young person with long COVID? You might feel like a failure (but you’re not): Bogdan Sonjachnyj/Shutterstock Imagine you’re young, healthy and active. Then, one day, the rug is pulled out from under you. You initially have symptoms akin to a cold, so you take a lateral flow test, which shows …
How early failure can lead to success later in creative careers: Collection Christophel/Alamy Failing early in our careers can make us question whether we are on the right path. We may look at people who have succeeded from the outset and wonder why it doesn’t come so easily to us. Classical violinist Nigel Kennedy, actor …