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Lockdown has, for many, been an opportunity to take up daily exercise. And this is something that must be encouraged long after lockdown restrictions are lifted.
How writers hear their characters in their heads.
Injuries that commonly effect former players during retirement include concussion, neck injuries, shoulder dislocation, and knee ligament injuries.
The urban poor in Bangladesh’s small cities already faced food insecurity before COVID-19 – but the lockdown made affording food much harder.
Intergenerational poverty affected children’s health in the 18th and 19th centuries – we must be aware of the risks today.
As it faced imminent Nazi invasion, Britain needed heroes. The RAF provided one ready made: a fighter pilot with no legs.
US correspondents in Britain played a big part in convincing the American public to support the British war effort.
Could the pandemic be the end of the women’s game? Action must be taken to safeguard it.
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Archaeologists decode the stories told by bones and what accompanies them.
Medieval disaster response was not so different to the measures we use today.
High-density city living has been touted as a way to solve the problem of creating more sustainable, more liveable cities. But instead cities are only more liveable for a few.
The experience of a colour can be profound, but it doesn’t really exist other than in our minds.
The US president is punishing Twitter for using a factcheck to point out that one of his tweets is incorrect.
It may not have been Britain’s finest hour, but was it Fleet Street’s?
Feel like time has come to a standstill? The coronavirus crisis has prompted us to be more creative with our relations to time.
Excessive screen use has been linked to addictive behaviours, changes in mood, increased stress and difficulty sleeping - here’s how to take a break.
When two of Britain’s most influential voices clashed over allied bombing of Germany, Orwell took an unusual line.
National models on the spread of COVID-19 have helped us through this crisis. But we’ll need local models to get us through the next stage.
An art historian uncovers the truth about Marthe Bonnard, for decades labelled as a jealous recluse with a neurotic need to bathe.
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Professor of Psychology, Durham University
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Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Senior Research Fellow in Disruptive Technologies, Space/Environmental Ethics, Visual ethnographer, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of International Political Theory, Durham University
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Professor in Development and Conflict, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Physics, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
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Professor of Philosophy, Durham University
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Professor of extragalactic astrophysics (dark matter and cosmology), Durham University
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Associate Professsor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
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Principal of South College, Durham University
