King’s College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world (2015/16 QS World University Rankings) and among the oldest in England. King’s has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and nearly 6,800 staff.
Comparisons with the second world war are usually unhelpful – but the crisis changed UK nursing for the better. The pandemic offers a similar chance to rethink nursing is provided.
US soldiers with influenza at Aix-Les-Bains in France in 1918.
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PODCAST: The third part of a series from The Anthill Podcast on how the world recovered from major crises throughout history focuses on the recovery after 1918.
India is one country where poverty levels are expected to rise.
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Matt Hancock’s assertion that the cabinet has ‘diversity of thought’ is not enough to address the sense of disillusionment being expressed on the streets of the UK.
From Brexit to coroanvirus, Britain keeps looking to the second world war and its spirit as a way to get through. However, the ideas of the period are not so close to the truth.
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It’s been 60 years since most of France’s former colonies in Africa gained independence. But France still maintains a significant military presence on the continent.
Grime artist Lady Leshurr has released a song called Quarantine Speech that urges listeners to wash their hands.
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A truck of displaced men, with Islamic State fighters believed to be among them, leaves the group’s stronghold in Baghouz in February 2019.
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Susan Potter, University of Sydney and Clara Bradbury-Rance, King's College London
Portrait of a Lady on Fire plays with cinematic conventions and anticipation of lesbian sex on film. Director Céline Sciamma offers a sophisticated take that is both explicit and elusive.