March 2019
Mothering Sunday
At the Bloomsbury Ephemera Fair today you could see books, ephemera, maps, prints, posters, postcards, photographs but looking for unusual printed items related to Mother’s Day could bring a new perspective on Mother’s day. An old leaflet signed by C…
How the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry have transformed research and saved lives
English Brexfast
European exasperation within the chaos at Brexit talks descended into profanity and name-calling, as Germany’s deputy foreign minister said the U.K. government is composed largely of clueless boarding-school graduates. “Brexit is a significant shitshow, I state that today quite undiplomatically,”…
Italy joins China’s Belt and Road Initiative – here’s how it exposes cracks in Europe and the G7
Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos scandal has more to it than just toxic Silicon Valley culture
The dying art of conversation – has technology killed our ability to talk face-to-face?
Melanie Chan, Leeds Beckett University What with Facetime, Skype, Whatsapp and Snapchat, for many people, face-to-face conversation is used less and less often. These apps allow us to converse with each other quickly and easily – overcoming distances, time zones…
This is what postnatal depression really feels like
Emissions inequality: there is a gulf between global rich and poor
How to go global
If you want to go global, you have to think globally from the very beginning. Use a universal language In order to communicate globally you have to use a language that is understood all over the world. Whereas music is…
Alzheimer’s disease: have we got the cause all wrong?
Vicky Jones, University of Central Lancashire Early in the 20th century, Alois Alzheimer first described a disorder of progressive memory loss and confusion in a 50-year-old woman. After she died, he examined her brain and saw that it was full…
Expat or Immigrant?
When is the last time you heard the word “Expat“? How many times a day you hear the word “Immigrant” ( no need to mention any adjective that comes with it!). Three years ago it was a debate on BBC…