Category: English

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania Liz Evans interviewing Ozzy Osbourne in Paris. In the 1990s, I was a rock journalist striving to assert myself as a young woman, working at the heart of the United Kingdom’s male-dominated music press. I…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Elizabeth Reid Boyd, Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University Lady Godiva – an icon of protest, myth and sensual defiance – has galloped through centuries of our cultural imagination. She is most widely known for the legend of her naked horse…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Shannon Brincat, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast A modern-day political inquisition is unfolding in “digital town squares” across the United States. The slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk has become a focal point for a coordinated campaign of silencing…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Patrick Byrne, Professor of Water Science, Liverpool John Moores University Patrick Byrne samples the water in the Mersey catchment. Patrick Byrne, CC BY-NC-ND The amount of toxic “forever chemicals” flowing into the River Mersey in north-west England has reached some of the highest levels recorded anywhere…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Rebellato, Professor of Contemporary Theatre in the Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance Creative Writing and Practice-based Research, Royal Holloway University of London Henrik Ibsen’s 19th-century play about a woman caught between a stormy past and respectable present has been reimagined for the 21st century…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Tatsuya Amano, Associate Professor, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Nikita Palenov/Unsplash Despite growing calls for diversity, equity and inclusion in science, a new study reveals how deep-rooted disparities continue to shape who gets to contribute to science. We surveyed 908 environmental scientists…

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. The report of the UN’s…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Francesca Jackson, PhD candidate, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University State visits are always grand occasions, but Donald Trump’s second was unprecedented in terms of scale and spectacle. The president was treated to the most impressive ceremonial welcome ever laid on for any head of state. After…