Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jen Harvie, Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance, Queen Mary University of London American film actress Diane Keaton, who has died aged 79, was an icon of style but also character. She challenged the boundaries and range of what it was possible for women to play…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Samuel Shaw, Lecturer in History of Art, The Open University Ox-eye daises in Ismore meadow, Attingham Park, Shropshire. Samuel Shaw, CC BY-NC-ND Earlier this year I found myself stood among a sea of swaying ox-eye daises in a floodplain meadow on the Attingham estate in Shropshire,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Chris Waugh, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, Manchester Metropolitan University WPixz/Shutterstock When Andrew (not his real name) lost his job during the COVID-19 pandemic, he turned to work as a courier. His days became a slog – cycling for hours in rain or shine, juggling Deliveroo,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rosie Young, PhD Candidate, Gut Microbes in Health and Disease, Quadram Institute Burnt Red Hen/Shutterstock.com Lifting weights just two or three times a week can significantly change the trillions of bacteria living in your gut, and it might happen in as little as eight weeks. That’s…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Maria Småberg, Senior Lecturer, Peace and Conflict Research, Department of HIstory, Lund University In the hills of the southern West Bank, a Swedish cooking pot has become a symbol of trust, resilience and forgotten solidarity. Half a century after it was first distributed as emergency aid,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University The first steps of the peace plan for Gaza are underway. Now both parties have agreed to terms, Hamas is obligated to release all hostages within 72 hours and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) will withdraw…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Matt McDonald, Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland GettyImages Rasid Necati Aslim/Getty In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States President Donald Trump described climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. Of course, this…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Tara Djokic, Scientific Officer, Palaeontology, Australian Museum; UNSW Sydney Fossilised fish from McGraths Flat. Salty Dingo Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia’s most extraordinary fossil sites – McGraths Flat. It dates back between 11 million and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kristian Kongshøj, Associate Professor of Political Science, Aalborg University Bjorn H Stuedal/Shutterstock After centuries of near-extinction, Europe’s wolves have made a remarkable comeback. Over the past decade, wolf populations have surged, increasing by nearly 60%. In 2022, more than 21,500 wolves were recorded across the continent.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University In the chilling final scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece, The Godfather, the door to Michael Corleone’s office is closed in the face of his wife, Kay. It simultaneously signified the opening of many more doors…