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Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicholas Dickinson, Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter Conservative party leader David Cameron gave a speech in 2007 on social justice which is remembered as the “hug a hoodie” moment. In it, he laid out the foundations of what would become the “big society” social programme…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dominique Townsend, Visiting Researcher, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton A seaweed garden: rocks provide vital surfaces for marine life to grow. Dominique Townsend, CC BY-NC-ND At the end of the last ice age, billions of boulders and cobbles were left scattered over…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sophia Komninou, Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Swansea University Most kids won’t need extra protein added into their diet. Asada Nami/ Shutterstock Protein is everywhere nowadays. From yogurt to breakfast cereal, bread to pasta or even chocolate bars, the obsession with making sure we get enough…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anthony Bloxham, Lecturer in Psychology, Nottingham Trent University Jorm Sangsorn/Shutterstock Why do we dream? Vishnu, aged nine, Kerala That’s a really interesting question, and people have been asking it for thousands of years. But it’s difficult to answer because dreams are difficult to study scientifically. Think…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laura O’Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University After 15 years on screen, Downton Abbey limps to its conclusion with The Grand Finale. Directed by Simon Curtis and billed as the ultimate farewell, it reunites the ensemble cast for one last bow. Marketed as…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University History’s path is never linear. But its turns can be very sharp. It is rare to be able to identify the moment when we can say “this is the point at…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Lu ShaoJi/Getty If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products – they’ve set their sights on immortality. Social media…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jenny Cooney, Lecturer in Lifestyle Journalism, Monash University Robert Redford at The Filmmakers’ Brunch during 2005 Sundance Film Festival. George Pimentel/WireImage When Robert Redford launched the Utah-based Sundance Institute in 1981, providing an independent support system for filmmakers named after his role in Butch Cassidy…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Debjani Ganguly, Professor of Literature, Australian Catholic University Photo: Mayank Austen Soofi “She was my shelter and my storm.” With these words in the opening pages of her memoir, Arundhati Roy unfurls a narrative of extraordinary filial bonds that renders trite those therapeutic memoirs of…