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Editor's note
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The rivalry between the north of England and the south has always been riddled with divisive stereotypes. But, according to Alan Hughes and Peter Atkinson, the real economic and cultural differences which once set these regions apart are slowly disintegrating. And, as the UK’s creative industries boom, somewhere new is emerging: the “southern north”.
As the threat of a trade war escalates between the US and China, all the talk is centred on tariffs. But there is a bigger battle at play for global economic influence, write Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva. Nowhere is this more evident than in Central Asia.
Hidden by sheer cliffs atop a mountain in northern Mozambique is a secret rainforest. The unique ecosystem was thought to be untouched by humans until a recent scientific expedition. But just how do researchers justify visiting and publicising these last bastions of untrodden nature? Simon Willcock and Philip Platts explain.
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Emily Lindsay Brown
Editor for Cities and Young People
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Top stories
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Alan Hughes, University of Central Lancashire; Peter Atkinson, University of Central Lancashire
The Great Exhibition of the North is putting paid to tired stereotypes of the region – but now, the north itself is becoming divided.
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Balihar Sanghera, University of Kent; Elmira Satybaldieva, University of Kent
Central Asia is at the centre of two new initiatives by China and Russia that run against a longstanding economic vision of the US.
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A satellite image of the pristine forest atop Mount Lico.
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Simon Willcock, Bangor University; Phil Platts, University of York
Conservationists scaled the sheer cliffs of Mount Lico as part of wider effort to build the case for the protection of Mozambique's mountain forests.
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Business + Economy
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Phil Tomlinson, University of Bath; Christos Pitelis, Brunel University London; David Bailey, Aston University
Location counts when it comes to sustainable development.
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Arts + Culture
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Jesse Barker, University of Aberdeen
Soon after the death of Franco, Spain began an experiment with censorship that brought graphic sex and nudity to mainstream cinemas.
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Politics + Society
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Anna Cento Bull, University of Bath
In government with the Five Star Movement, the radical politician's Lega is going from strength to strength.
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Rebecca Yeo, University of Bath
Two murders of a disabled asylum seeker and a disabled refugee in Bristol showed how precarious life has become for people on the margins.
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Sam Raphael, University of Westminster; Ruth Blakeley, University of Sheffield
Twin reports from a UK Parliament committee go further than ever in condemning Britain's complicity in the worst of the War on Terror.
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Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth
El Día Después is an important initiative led by the cultural and intellectual elite, for all Mexicans.
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Pia Riggirozzi, University of Southampton
The impact of Venezuela's medical crisis is not gender-neutral.
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Sam Blaxland, Swansea University
Though his departure is under a cloud of suspicion, Andrew RT Davies has always been one of a few politicians who told it as he saw it.
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew Biggin, University of Liverpool; Mark Hounslow, Lancaster University
New research proposes a link between plate tectonics and reversals of the Earth’s magnetic field
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Health + Medicine
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Alexis E Cullen, King's College London
Certain autoimmune disorders are linked to psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. But some appear to be protective.
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