Women’s sport and social media: the arguments over shared or separate accounts: Women’s sport has long battled for equal visibility in the media spotlight. But social media has become a powerful tool for sportswomen and women’s sport to control their narratives and connect directly with fans. This has sparked debate among communication experts about whether …
What is a secular state? How South Africa has tried to separate religion and politics: The shifting relationship between state and religion has historically been a contested space, and the focus of much scholarship. It is important for observers to understand this unstable boundary, so that neither political nor religious actors undermine democratic freedoms. Calvin …
How new UK immigration rules will separate more international students from their families: Daisy Daisy/Shutterstock The UK government has changed its policy on international students, restricting them from bringing their families with them during their studies. This change to how student visas are allocated, the government argues, will help reduce net migration. Scottish MP Carol …
15-minute cities: how to separate the reality from the conspiracy theory: Ivan Marc / shutterstock Conspiracy theories aren’t a new thing, and for as long as they’ve been around they’ve ranged from the benign to the absurd. From the six moon landings being faked to the earth being flat, or our ruling class being lizards, …
Crabs have evolved five separate times – why do the same forms keep appearing in nature?: Full size blue crab Charles Darwin believed evolution created “endless forms most beautiful”. It’s a nice sentiment but it doesn’t explain why evolution keeps making crabs. Scientists have long wondered whether there are limits to what evolution can do …
Can we ever fully separate our work and home lives? Philosophy suggests we should stop trying: Photobank.kiev.ua / Shutterstock If you could take work-life balance to its most literal extreme, what would it look like? That’s the central theme of Severance, the sci-fi series that has just finished airing on Apple TV. Employees working for …
These medieval battles prove Britain’s nations have never been truly separate: Scotland's Robert the Bruce defeated a much larger English army at the Battle of Bannockburn. Shutterstock Second only to COVID-19 recovery, the continued unity of the United Kingdom is the key political issue across the British Isles. Debates about independence have dominated Scottish politics …
South Africa in the news: Xenophobia: Senate Cancels Trip to South Africa after House of Reps Insisted on Sending Separate Delegation: The Senate has cancelled its planned trip to South Africa over recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in that country. Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided at Wednesday’s plenary, announced the cancellation …
South Africa in the news: South Africa: ANC Veterans Want Separate Consultative Conference: ANC veterans want a separate national consultative conference to be held in March, instead of in June as part of the party’s policy conference. The more than 100 veterans are expected to push for this when they meet with ANC secretary general …
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