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Cumbria 2015 shows how we have failed to learn from two other ‘one in 100-year events’ in the past 15 years.
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Perhaps the “art” label designates Assemble and the Granby project as outsiders, unique, creating something that can’t be replicated.
The Labour leader stands no chance of winning an election if he can’t win over the media.
The Tate’s latest exhibition, Artist and Empire, is long overdue.
A drug to treat loneliness may be on the cards. But would we want it?
How India’s prime minister secured a rehabilitation from a legacy of post-colonial violence.
We need to find a way to break through the potentially disastrous stalemate wherever everyone waits for someone else to clear up the junk in orbit.
The £1m alleged fraud case of James Alan Craig is a salutary warning of the financial power of social media. Here’s what we know so far.
The Labour leader is hoping to recruit a new generation of activists in one of his party’s strongest cities.
Yes, there are more and more children working in Europe. An in-depth revision of the European directives on working youth is needed.
Oui il y a de plus en plus d'enfants qui travaillent en Europe. Mais des solutions existent. Elles passent par la révision en profondeur de la directive européenne sur le travail des jeunes.
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If apps aren’t proven to make users’ mental health better they could end up making it worse.
Hundreds of people have been referred to a programme that is supposed to protect them from being drawn into terrorism. But its methods are deeply questionable.
The Earth’s inner core is more than half a billion years older than previously thought, shows a study. The results could help us better understand the processes that shape the planet’s surface.
With the end of the Safe Harbour agreement, data protection for their users will be more than a tick-box exercise for US firms.
Both Netflix’s Narcos and the documentary Cartel Land fall into the trap of sensationalising violence and in doing so horribly simplify the story.
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Associate professor, University of Liverpool
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PhD Candidate, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in History, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Sociology, Deputy Director of the Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, University of Liverpool
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Professor, University of Liverpool
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Research Fellow, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer, Programme Lead for English Literature and English Literature with Drama Studies, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of International Law, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Music, University of Liverpool
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Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecture and UKRI Future Leader Fellow, University of Liverpool
