Category: English
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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…
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Why some people are purposefully having their legs broken by cosmetic surgeons
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol Limb lengthening surgery creates an intentional fracture in order to encourage new bone growth. Pixel-Shot/ Shutterstock Would you willingly have your legs broken, the bone stretched apart millimetre by millimetre and then spend months in recovery – all…
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Vanishing waters in a warming world
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation In some places, the Caspian Sea has already retreated 50km. S. Melkin / shutterstock This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. Around the world, rivers and…
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Why the EU has no choice but to respond to Donald Trump’s bullying on tech regulation with a coercion investigation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Francesco Grillo, Academic Fellow, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University Back in November 2023 – a time when it wasn’t even clear that Donald Trump would be allowed to run in the upcoming presidential primaries – the European Union approved a tough new “anti-coercion…
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The 1970s inflation crisis shaped modern central bank independence. Now it’s under populist threat – podcast
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation For months, Donald Trump has badgered the US Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, to lower interest rates. When the governors of the Fed did so by 0.25 percentage points in mid-September to a target of…
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Zelensky says a destructive drone arms race looms – but dystopia isn’t inevitable
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mark Lacy, Senior Lecturer, School of Global Affairs, Lancaster University In a speech at the UN headquarters in New York, where world leaders are currently gathered for the organisation’s 80th anniversary, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned: “We are now living through the most destructive arms race…
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From selling cars to selling handbags: with the arrival of Luca de Meo at Kering (Gucci, Balenciaga), is luxury becoming a sector like any other?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Ben Voyer, Cartier Chaired Professor of Behavioural Sciences, Full Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, ESCP Business School What do the luxury sector and the automotive sector have in common? Until recently, even asking the question would have seemed incongruous, given the apparent dissimilarity between brands engaged in…
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Trump looks set to abandon Ukraine peace efforts – Europe must step up to face Russian aggression alone
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Richard Whitman, Member of the Conflict Analysis Research Centre, University of Kent; Royal United Services Institute Donald Trump appears to have had a major change of heart with regards Ukraine. On the face of it, it looks like he has embraced outright optimism that Kyiv “is…
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50 years of Linder’s art – feminism, punk and the power of plants
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Katarzyna Kosmala, Chair in Culture Media and Visual Arts, University of the West of Scotland Currently on show at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Linder’s retrospective Danger Came Smiling showcases half a century of trailblazing art. The exhibition delves into her fascination with plants, inviting…
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Do multiple tattoos protect against skin cancer, as a recent study suggests?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University Dima www.PHOTO-123.com/Shutterstock.com Could tattoos be the secret weapon in the fight against skin cancer? It might sound incredibly unlikely at first, but new research suggests there’s more to tattoo ink than meets the eye, especially when it…