Multiple works by KV Duong.
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Diasporic placemaking is often a story of connections and hidden stories. It is also a complicated story about who owns public spaces and who decides who gets to use it.
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Zelensky has undoubtedly presented his European allies with a ‘credible plan and realistic requirements for support’.
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Could CBT, a widely used form of ‘talking therapy’, help people who have persistent fatigue after having COVID? A recent study suggests it could.
Brazilian president Lula meets China’s president Xi on an official visit to Beijing in 2023.
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Alliances around the Ukraine war have highlighted fragmenting support for the west.
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For the Italian president, the region is where his nation’s constitution was born.
Disposable nappies are a major source of plastic pollution.
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How to be more a more eco-friendly parent – it’s not as simple as ditching disposable nappies.
Immigrants and teachers of English for speakers of other languages protest at Parliament Square in 2015.
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Although English to speakers of other languages (Esol) is treated like any other subject, it can offer far more to those learners.
Palestinian novelist and intellectual Ghassan Kanafani was assassinated by Mossad in 1972.
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Generations of Palestinian writers and poets have expressed their feelings of grief and loss.
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When we tweaked the simulator, talented players naturally adapted.
Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong in season two of Schmigadoon!.
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Compared to the dopamine-fest of season one, Josh and Melissa’s situation in season two feels bleak.
Brian Cox as Logan Roy.
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Unlike Logan, the Roy children appear to have a surface level perception of Scotland as Roman scoffs at “Scottish kicky-ball” and Kendall exclaims: “Dundee in the mother fucking house!”
Making industry greener – and stronger.
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Can UK business compete in an international green subsidy race?
David Gyasi and Keri Russell in The Diplomat.
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The Diplomat suggests that if the ‘special relationship’ is to survive into a world turned topsy turvy by Brexit, Trump and war in Europe, it demands a little TLC.
Eurovision fans party in Liverpool ahead of the final.
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Thanks to the popularity of shows such as RuPaul’s Drag Race, camp is now mainstream. This is perhaps one reason Eurovision has suddenly become perceived as cool.
A coal power station in London, 1952.
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In May 1953, scientist Gilbert Plass made some extraordinarily prescient comments.
Economically inactive people – those neither working nor actively seeking jobs – could help tackle UK labour shortages.
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People who are out of work for reasons such as long-term ill-health are often not well served by national employment support.
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LGBTQ+ education is still recovering from the effects of 1988’s Section 28.
A trio of tartan designs by Alexander McQueen on display at Tartan at the V&A Dundee.
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The exhibition’s Alexander McQueen garments show how the designer catapulted tartan into the 21st century, reclaiming its potential for resistance and revolt.
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A statistic from a 2010 study is doing the rounds again. But is it helpful?
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The UK’s proscription of Wagner would be an important global signal, but is not without risks.