Category: Analysis
-
In her revenue era: the economics behind Taylor Swift’s 34 versions of The Life of a Showgirl
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Paul Crosby, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University Taylor Swift’s latest studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, has just enjoyed a second week on top of the Billboard charts, after smashing all-time sales records on its debut. In the United States alone, it…
-
Friday essay: tai chi helped me navigate grief and loss. Its story spans ancient China to Lou Reed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide Between the end of a summer that had been going on too long and the beginning of a too-warm autumn that would crank up my climate change anxiety to ten, I…
-
Why electricity costs so much in the UK (it’s not all about the weather)
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University Power station in north Wales. edhphotography/Shutterstock The UK government is reportedly considering abandoning its goal of removing fossil fuels from the country’s electricity supply by 2030 in an attempt to keep energy bills down.…
-
Putin, Zelensky and the art of ‘playing’ the US president
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump at the White House. Press service of the president of Ukraine This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of…
-
Blue Jays fever sets in as Canada readies for the World Series for the first time in 32 years
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Russell Field, Associate Professor, Sport and Physical Activity, University of Manitoba Late on an October Monday night, George Springer smashed a three-run homer to send nearly 45,000 fans in Toronto’s Rogers Centre — and a record national television audience — into a frenzy. Six outs later,…
-
2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinct off Florida, study finds – we witnessed the reef’s bleaching and devastation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Carly D. Kenkel, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California Healthy staghorn coral were crucial builders of Florida’s coral reef. Today, few survive there. Maya Gomez In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were…
-
Voices from the sea, part two: using maps and drawings, survivors share the dangers they faced on their journeys to reach the ship
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Morgane Dujmovic, Chargée de recherche CNRS, Géographe et politiste spécialiste des frontières et migrations, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) This series of articles draws on a year of research conducted on board the Ocean Viking, the civilian search-and-rescue ship operated in the central Mediterranean…
-
Voices from the sea, part one: people rescued in the Mediterranean tell their stories of survival in ‘onboard workshops’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Morgane Dujmovic, Chargée de recherche CNRS, Géographe et politiste spécialiste des frontières et migrations, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) This series of articles draws on a year of research conducted on board the Ocean Viking, the civilian search-and-rescue ship operated in the central Mediterranean…
-
Voices from the sea, part four: when dreams reach land, what’s next?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Morgane Dujmovic, Chargée de recherche CNRS, Géographe et politiste spécialiste des frontières et migrations, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) As the Ocean Viking approaches the Italian coast, the prospect of a new life in Europe becomes more concrete. Morgane Dujmovic, Fourni par l’auteur This is…
-
Why does putting back the clocks an hour disrupt us so much?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Groeger, Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University It’s not just you – the autumn clock change really does feel that bad. Cast Of Thousands/Shutterstock The disruption of sleeping and waking patterns from the daylight saving clock change reveals a great deal…