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In Reframing Blackness, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges museums to see blackness first
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Wanja Kimani, Associate Curator, The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge In Reframing Blackness, writer and curator Alayo Akinkugbe explores the way that art history is taught, and the impact this has had on what we see in national museums in western cities. This teaching has often…
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Why some ‘biodegradable’ wet wipes can be terrible for the environment
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel James Jolly, PhD candidate, University of East Anglia Daniel James Jolly, CC BY-NC-ND Have you felt disgust when taking a walk along the riverside or plunging into the sea to escape the summer heat, only to spy a used wet wipe floating along the surface?…
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Israel: Netanyahu considering early election but can he convince people he’s winning the war?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Brian Brivati, Visiting Professor of Contemporary History and Human Rights, Kingston University Benjamin Netanyahu’s fragile coalition is fracturing. Gil Cohen Magen / Shutterstock One of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, Shas, has announced it will resign from prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The party said its decision…
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Will Donald Trump get Vladimir Putin (before Maga gets Trump)?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. You know when the Kremlin is worried…
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UK to lower voting age to 16 – a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure the future health of British democracy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrew Mycock, Chief Policy Fellow, University of Leeds The UK government has announced that the voting age will be lowered to 16 at the next election as part of a wider effort to restore trust in and “future-proof” democracy. Votes at 16 has grown from a…
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We detected deep pulses beneath Africa – what we learned could help us understand volcanic activity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emma Watts, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geography, Swansea University Earth’s continents may look fixed on a globe, but they’ve been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years – and they still are. Our new study reveals fresh evidence of rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath…
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Why the UK’s butterflies are booming in 2025
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Willow Neal, Postgraduate Researcher in Conservation Ecology, The Open University Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes. Where butterfly communities are rich and diverse, so too is the ecosystem. But the opposite is also…
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When public money is tight, how do governments put a price on culture?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steve Nolan, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Liverpool John Moores University It’s no secret that public finances are tight in the UK. This spells trouble for many sectors, not least culture. After all, this is an area that often relies on public funding – with many projects…
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Why male corporate leaders and billionaires may need financial therapy more than anyone
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Prince Sarpong, Associate professor, University of the Free State Corporate leaders and billionaires are often viewed as visionaries and wealth creators. But beneath the surface, many are trapped in an invisible financial “crisis” – one rooted not in market volatility or poor investments but in…
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Elbows down? Why Mark Carney seems to keep caving to Donald Trump
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sam Routley, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University Prime Minister Mark Carney has suggested a new trade deal with the United States is now most likely to include tariffs. There is, in his own words, “not a lot of evidence right now” that the Donald Trump…