Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Leah McLaughlin, Research Fellow in Health Services, Bangor University What does it mean to save a life – and what does it cost? In The Story of a Heart, Rachel Clarke answers this not with slogans or sentiment, but with quiet, searing honesty. This book, which…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Martin L. Olsson, Medical Director of the Nordic Reference Laboratory for Blood Group Genomics, Region Skåne & Professor of Transfusion Medicine, Head of the Division, Lund University Peter Porrini/Shutterstock.com In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dawn Llewellyn, Associate professor of Religion and Gender, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Chester What happens when the women immortalised in old master paintings step out of their gilded frames and into the chaos of modern domestic life? That’s the question artist Sarah Lightman tackles,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Magnus Marsden, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Sussex The winter season of 2024-25 marked a resurgence of fur clothing – both faux and real – in fashion across Europe and North America. Shearling jackets and embroidered “Penny Lane coats” featured widely in reports on the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mark Horowitz, Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry, UCL marevgenna/Shutterstock.com A new review of antidepressant withdrawal effects – written by academics, many of whom have close ties to drug manufacturers – risks underestimating the potential harms to long-term antidepressant users by focusing on short-term, industry-funded studies.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrea Taylor, Associate Professor in Risk Communication, University of Leeds The UK Met Office has given storms forenames for the past decade as part of an effort to raise public awareness of extreme weather before it strikes. Heatwaves are becoming increasingly frequent and severe due to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stephanie Brown, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Hull As I scrolled through social media on a hot afternoon in late June, a meme caught my attention. A black and white photo. A smiling young woman with water up to her knees. She appeared to be in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Natalie Hodgson, Assistant Professor in Law, University of Nottingham The right to trial by jury is a fundamental part of the criminal justice system in England and Wales. But under new proposals to address a record backlog of almost 77,000 Crown Court cases, some cases could…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christian Heiss, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Head of Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Surrey Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock We’re constantly told to “eat healthy” – but what does that actually mean? Even doctors sometimes struggle to offer clear, practical advice on which specific foods support health,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Louise Taylor, Early Career Researcher and Ecotherapist, Queen’s University Belfast Brussels, Belgium. 21st February 2019. High school and university students stage a protest against the climate policies of the Belgian government. Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com There’s a popular quote by the 13th-century poet and spiritual teacher…