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Editor's note
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Despite continued wrangling in Westminster over the divorce part of the Brexit negotiations, European leaders are turning their attention to the future relationship between the EU and the UK. In collaboration with our colleagues at The Conversation in France and Spain, we’ve published a roundup of perspectives from across Europe. Read the view from Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy and Poland. Meanwhile, Paul James Cardwell has been reading the 26-page Political Declaration and explains what it means for the
future UK-EU relationship.
Some of William Shakespeare’s plays are extremely violent. Anyone who has seen Titus Andronicus won’t forget the grisly pie scene or the rape of Lavinia in a hurry. Yet people who suggest that it might be appropriate to include “trigger warnings” are commonly dismissed as “snowflakes”. This is unfair, writes Rebecca Yearling, who says that over the centuries many people have found Shakespeare’s violence distressing – including Samuel Johnson
who thought some of King Lear “too horrid to be endured in dramatic exhibition”.
It’s been 13 years since the rates of mental health disorders among England’s young were last surveyed by the NHS. The latest figures, revealed here by Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, show that rates have been rising. And this isn’t the only sad news about England’s young. Rates of childhood obesity have also risen, Robert Noonan reports, and children from poor neighbourhoods are the hardest hit.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Top stories
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Let the real negotiations begin.
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Etain Tannam, Trinity College Dublin; Adam Lazowski, University of Westminster; Anna Cento Bull, University of Bath; Fernando Lozano Contreras, Universidad de Alcalá; Frédérique Berrod, Sciences Po Strasbourg — Université de Strasbourg; Holger Nehring, University of Stirling
As the divorce part of the Brexit negotiations approach their endgame, attention is turning to the future relationship between the UK and EU. The view from EU capitals.
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Transversal Theater Company production of Titus Andronicus, 2012.
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Rebecca Yearling, Keele University
Even Samuel Johnson found some of Shakespeare's violent scenes unwatchable.
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Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, University of Exeter
First figures on the state of young people's mental health in England in 13 years have been released.
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World Obesity Federation.
Robert Noonan, Edge Hill University
It's time to stop shifting responsibility onto individuals, and start supporting deprived communities to live healthy lifestyles.
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Politics + Society
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Paul James Cardwell, Strathclyde University
A leaked version of the political declaration shows that Brexit is by no means 'sorted' yet.
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Andy Knott, University of Brighton
It's a slippery concept but academics have reached agreement on some of its fundamental elements.
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Andrea Hammel, Aberystwyth University
The visa waiver scheme saved thousands of Jewish children from persecution – but at a huge cost.
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Stanley Gaines, Brunel University London
Star Trek's groundbreaking interracial kiss between Kirk and Uhura was 50 years ago today – how have public attitudes to interracial and interethnic relationships changed in the years since?
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Arts + Culture
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Nikk Effingham, University of Birmingham; Anna Cermakova, University of Birmingham; Heather Widdows, University of Birmingham; James Walters, University of Birmingham; Michaela Mahlberg, University of Birmingham; Stephan Lautenschlager, University of Birmingham
From witching equality to what we'd see if we looked in a real Mirror of Erised, researchers explore the magic of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
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Mark Bradley, University of Sheffield
There is still value in newsprint, but newspaper owners need to invest in their communities or face extinction.
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Shareena Z. Hamzah, Swansea University
As societal habits change so too does language and metaphors.
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Science + Technology
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Shainaz Firfiray, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Seemingly innocuous security chips could enable companies to monitor employees in more sinister ways.
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Jason Knight, University of Portsmouth
MIT researchers have built ion thrusters with no moving parts pave the way for silent drones.
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Business + Economy
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Beth Fielding-Lloyd, Sheffield Hallam University
Research shows sport is commonly a bastion for male dominance and privilege.
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Laura Jones, Aberystwyth University; Jesse Heley, Aberystwyth University
From small towns, through a complex global production network, wool products have become tricky to 'place'.
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Health + Medicine
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Jordan Miller, University of Stirling
Emotional barriers to organ donation and why they're so tough to crack
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Environment + Energy
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Niki Rust, Newcastle University
The life-or-death drama of the lion pride will captivate viewers, but the show may not go on without funding to conserve these species.
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