Category: English
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Who are the worst mothers in literature?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Suzy Freeman-Greene, Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation Goodreads, Penguin Books The first sentence of Anna Karenina is now a literary cliche, yet contains a nub of truth. “All happy families,” writes Leo Tolstoy, “resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own…
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Who are the worst fathers in literature?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Suzy Freeman-Greene, Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation Penguin Books, Goodreads, Harper Collins, Text Publishing Literature has long portrayed messed-up families. As poet Philip Larkin famously wrote, “They fuck you up, your mum and dad. / They may not mean to, but they do.” In…
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In swipe at Trump, Brazil’s Lula tells UN that organized crime is not terrorism
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Thiago Rodrigues, Professor de Relações Internacionais, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) Much of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s address at the opening of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly was expected. Condemnation of U.S. interventionism against Brazil and Israeli action in…
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Even a brief government shutdown might hamper morale, raise costs and reduce long-term efficiency in the federal workforce
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Gonzalo Maturana, Associate Professor of Finance, Emory University A sign indicates the closing of federal services during the government shutdown in 2013. AP Photo/Susan Walsh As the federal fiscal year draws to a close, an increasingly familiar prospect is drawing near in Washington, D.C.: a possible…
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Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our ‘new gold’ from attack
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By A.R.E. Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Communications, University of Exeter It’s a sunny June day in southeast England. I’m driving along a quiet, rural road that stretches through the Kent countryside. The sun flashes through breaks in the hedgerow, offering glimpses of verdant crop fields and old…
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Alaska’s Fat Bear Week is more than a bit of fun – for the animals, size is a matter of survival
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Antonio Uzal, Associate Professor of Conservation Biology, Nottingham Trent University FotoPro 929 The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014…
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Parental leave reform needs to consider small and medium businesses
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Helen Norman, Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds Standret/Shutterstock The UK government announced a landmark review of parental leave in July 2025. This responds to widespread concern about failings within the current policy framework. Much of the discussion centres on calls for…
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Donald Trump hints at leaving Europe to defend Ukraine alone
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation 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. Tuesday was an extraordinary day…
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Why hotter summers are bad for the UK economy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lotanna Emediegwu, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University starlings_images/Shutterstock When we think about the impact of climate change on the economy, images of droughts in Africa or hurricanes in the Caribbean might come to mind. But even in advanced economies such as the UK, hotter…
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Twilight at 20: the theology of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire trilogy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Madeleine J. Meyer, Postgraduate Researcher, Theology and the Arts, University of St Andrews The vampires of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga are undoubtedly unique. Never before had vampires been described as having sparkling, diamond-like skin in the sunlight, for example. But Meyer’s Twilight novels, the first of…