Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University Ibuprofen is a household name – the go-to remedy for everything from headaches to period pain. But recent research suggests this everyday drug might be doing more than easing discomfort. It could also have anti-cancer properties. As…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Strawson, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London Now a ceasefire has come into effect in Gaza, Israel’s long-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces the dilemma of how to campaign ahead of the next national elections. These elections must be held, at the latest,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham Drone incursions into Poland, fighter jets in Nato airspace, election interference in Romania and Moldova and “little green men” (soldiers of unconfirmed origin) in Estonia. These are just a few examples of the tactics Russia has been…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Serge Wich, Professor of Primate Biology, Liverpool John Moores University Traditional palm oil extraction in Guinea plays important cultural and nutritional roles. Uzabiaga, 2017, Wikimedia Commons. Vegetable oils are everywhere, and almost everyone has an opinion about them. From clever marketing in supermarket aisles to headlines…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steven David Pickering, Honorary Professor, International Relations, Brunel University of London William Barton/Shutterstock Public service broadcasters are supposed to be the most trusted news outlets in democratic societies. Funded through models like licence fees and free from advertising, they are meant to stand apart from commercial…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sharon Ruston, Professor of English and Creative Writing, Lancaster University Frankenstein has clearly been a labour of love for the director Guillermo del Toro. I am editing Frankenstein for The Oxford Complete Works of Mary Shelley so have spent a lot of time with her tale…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nigel Gilbert, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey sirtravelalot/Shutterstock Scrapping stamp duty may sound like a quick fix to Britain’s housing crisis, but there’s reason to believe it would barely move the needle on affordability – while costing the Treasury billions. At the Conservative party conference,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ed Harrison, PhD Candidate, Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour, University of Bath Last September, Reform leader Nigel Farage dismissed a policy of mass deportations as a “political impossibility”. Now, a year on, the party has pledged to deport up to 600,000 illegal migrants and retrospectively…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sanam Mahoozi, PhD Candidate Journalism, City St George’s, University of London Iran and Israel fought a 12-day war in June. Although a ceasefire was declared the same month, news coverage of Iran continues to focus on the conflict’s aftermath and the Middle East’s tense political situation.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Phil Silverman/Shutterstock As one of the birthplaces of the industrial revolution, the River Mersey in northern England is no stranger to pollution flowing into its waters. “It’s gone through periods of extremely bad river water quality where…