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Tony Robinson on Blackadder: ‘I learned how to ride at the feet of those masters’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand The idea that the “constantly thwarted” Edmund Blackadder had to be surrounded by “people even dafter than him” originally came from co-writer Ben Elton, Robinson says. While the 79-year-old historian loved making the mock-historical comedy show, as a “typical working-class boy” amongst Blackadder‘s Oxford and Cambridge-educated creators, at first,…
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Donald Trump commends victory of New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at White House meeting
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand By Gram Slattery, Jonathan Allen and Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters Photo: JIM WATSON US President Donald Trump praised the electoral victory of incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday in the first in-person meeting for the political opposites, who have clashed over everything from…
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Joan Jett was told girls didn’t play electric guitar
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Beneath the fame, the faux leather, and the decades of trailblazing, Joan Jett is still driven by something simple: the thrill of plugging in a guitar and letting it rip. From her teenage beginnings with The Runaways to her powerhouse years as a solo artist and leader of the…
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What does climate adaptation actually mean? An expert explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rowena Hill, Professor of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University Frame Craft 8/Shutterstock When climate change is discussed, whether at UN climate summits, in company boardrooms or in the media, the focus is often on mitigation (cutting greenhouse gas emissions to achieve net zero). Adaptation, the practical steps…
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Why Japan’s support for Taiwan has gone down so badly in China
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lewis Eves, Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham Tensions are rising between China and Japan again over a dispute in the East China Sea. Such tensions are usually over the Senkaku Islands, an uninhabited chain administered by Japan but claimed…
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Choking during sex is common among young adults, but the risks are poorly understood
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christopher Saville, Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Sport Science, Bangor University B-D-S Piotr Marcinski/Shutterstock Choking during sex has moved from the margins to the mainstream for many young adults, but the risks have not changed. New research shows how common the practice has become,…
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I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan: an unforgettable look at gig-economy hardship
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Bran Nicol, Professor of English, University of Surrey From HBO drama Succession to Netflix reality show Selling Sunset, TV depictions of work tend to treat it as a vehicle for social betterment rather than a means to survival. The Chinese writer Hu Anyan’s arresting memoir, I…
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Bilal Hamdad’s Paname shows the thrill of new art when embedded within the grandeur of the old
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna-Louise Milne, Director of Graduate Studies and Research, University of London Institute in Paris All along Paris’s River Seine, private foundation money has been pouring into older Parisian institutions to make their buildings hospitable to large modern conceptual works. Crowds flock to the Bourse du Commerce,…
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Is racism becoming more acceptable in the UK?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simon Goodman, Associate professor, De Montfort University Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to address allegations of racism in Reform UK, and antisemitic and xenophobic comments and bullying allegedly made by Farage while he was at school. Farage has denied the accusations. A few weeks…
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Is supersonic air travel about to return, two decades after the last Concorde flight?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Malcolm Claus, Senior Lecturer, Astronautics and Space Technology, Kingston University The X-59 undertakes its first flight from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works in California. Lockheed Martin An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off…