[ad_1] Last Thursday marked three years since the start of the first British lockdown – and by implication, the third anniversary of the start of a conversation about life and work that is still going on, in the UK and all over the world. As people were confined to their homes, it soon became clear […]
[ad_1] On the rack of magazines by the supermarket tills, I’m always brought up short by Teen Breathe magazine. Don’t get me wrong, it looks great – well-designed and full of positive, interesting features. But I’m always momentarily incredulous: teenagers need to be reminded to breathe, spend time in nature, journal or mindfully colour mandalas?
[ad_1] From a distance they look so placid and approachable, but you would not want to get on the wrong side of the wild white cattle of Chillingham, one of the rarest animals in the world. “They are formidable creatures,” says the warden, Ellie Waddington. “If they are cornered, they will defend themselves. Obviously we
[ad_1] Several Agatha Christie novels have been edited to remove potentially offensive language, including insults and references to ethnicity. Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries written between 1920 and 1976 have had passages reworked or removed in new editions published by HarperCollins to strip them of language and descriptions that modern audiences find offensive, especially those
[ad_1] There were raised eyebrows in December when Gareth Taylor insisted that Manchester City could win the league after a 1-1 draw with Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium. “We want to win the league. We’re not just looking at the Champions League,” he said. “We’ve put ourselves in a position to win the league.
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[ad_1] Nato has criticised Russia for its “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric, a day after President Vladimir Putin said Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Reuters reports. Kyiv has said Russia was holding Minsk as a “nuclear hostage” after Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus, Agence France-Presse
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[ad_1] Art experts have long struggled to explain the inspiration behind Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night, in which towering cypress trees are depicted against a swirling night sky over a hillside village. Created during his incarceration in an asylum near Saint-Rémy in the south of France, it is one of a series of paintings
[ad_1] People with social anxiety may benefit from mindfulness therapy combined with exposure to odours from others’ sweat, according to a study. The approach could be used in treatment for the mental health condition, where people worry excessively about participating in social situations, it was suggested. Lead researcher Elisa Vigna, of the Karolinska Institute in
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[ad_1] Meredith Broussard is a data journalist and academic whose research focuses on bias in artificial intelligence (AI). She has been in the vanguard of raising awareness and sounding the alarm about unchecked AI. Her previous book, Artificial Unintelligence (2018), coined the term “technochauvinism” to describe the blind belief in the superiority of tech solutions
[ad_1] As western brands began the stampede out of Russia a year ago, its citizens found themselves unable to pay for the international goods and services with which they had become so familiar. Among the first firms to sever ties were the credit card companies Visa and Mastercard, leaving Russians struggling to spend their cash
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