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Editor's note
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Theresa May has declared that it’s time to “get on” with Brexit. With just a year to go, she’s spoken about the need for everyone to accept that they can’t have absolutely everything they want. But Andy Price warns that May’s new conciliatory tone won’t count for anything while “rent-a-bile” Brexiteers continue to push for the hardest of departures from the EU. But if you think life in Westminster is messy right now, this weekend’s Italian election produced a result as tangled as any plate of linguine. Daniele Albertazzi picks apart
what’s happening.
Big organisations have until next month to submit details of their operations as part of the government’s bid to tackle the gender pay gap. Catriona Paisley and Betty Wu explain why the rules should be extended to cover ethnicity and social class. Meanwhile, Scott Taylor asks whether it’s time for men to do their bit by taking a pay cut.
The story of Stan, the ill-fated superfan and his correspondence with hero Slim Shady, was one of rapper Eminem’s darkest creations. Through four verses we’re taken through Stan’s desperate demise and the terrible consequences. Akeem Sule and Becky Inster, who use hip hop to explore mental health issues, look at the role Stan’s childhood trauma played in this tragic story.
And thousands of starfish have washed up dead along beaches in the east of England after the "Beast from the East" weather front hit the UK. Coleen Suckling explains why.
All the best.
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Andy Price, Sheffield Hallam University
A conciliatory tone from the prime minister but Boris Johnson and Michael Gove continue to cause problems.
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Go fish.
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Scott Taylor, University of Birmingham
We know from every previous wave of feminist activism that some men fear loss of status and power, two things manifest in work and pay.
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Eminem performing in Chile in 2016.
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Akeem Sule, University of Cambridge; Becky Inkster, University of Cambridge
Eminem's Stan – how the childhood trauma of Eminem's superfan played its part in a tragic story.
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Catriona Paisey, University of Glasgow; Betty Wu, University of Glasgow
Big new accountancy survey highlights the limitations in UK government's approach to pay gap reporting.
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Isabella Jackson, Trinity College Dublin
There's a very unflattering historical parallel for Xi Jinping's move to lift term limits. The Chinese Communist Party is having none of it.
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Daniele Albertazzi, University of Birmingham
The Five Star Movement is the biggest party, but forming a government is going to be difficult. Will a right-wing coalition prevail?
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Rebecca Ogden, University of Kent
Justin Trudeau's disastrous trip to India is regarded by some as an exercise in so-called nation branding gone badly. But we might want to blame the game, not the player.
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Katie Wright-Bevans, Keele University
Both young and old can feel like they don't belong. But loneliness is a social problem, with a social solution.
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Adam Behr, Newcastle University
Why shouldn't the Stones keep touring in their 70s?
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Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth; Dolores Tierney, University of Sussex
Mexican directors have won in their category four years out of the past five.
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James Brown, Aston University; Eric J Hill, Aston University
A new study has assessed the links between cholesterol and cognitive function.
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Education
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Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds; Priya Kapade, University of Leeds
The Government wants to crackdown on the high number of students being awarded first class or 2.1 degrees by universities.
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