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Editor's note
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It’s no secret that the Labour party would have to pull off something pretty special to win the 2017 general election. Thoughts are already turning to what happens after June 8, including intense speculation about whether leader Jeremy Corbyn will stay on or resign. Tom Quinn predicts that he will remain in post long enough to oversee a change to party rules that would make it far easier for a left-wing candidate to succeed him.
When it comes to fantasy fiction, female characters are often demoted to the temptress figure. But some fictional women fight the patriarchy as well as any monsters that get in their way. Chloe Germaine Buckley looks at the freedom and power women have as witches in fiction, while Sadek Kessous analyses the feminism of the
Alien film franchise’s Ripley. And when it comes to the Bafta-winning Fleabag, all the bets are off.
Kenyan runner, Eluid Kipchoge, came close to being the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours – he was just 26 seconds out. Stephen Mears examines how nutrition may have played a part in Kipchoge’s phenomenal performance.
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Top story
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Sinking into the background?
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Tom Quinn, University of Essex
The left wing of the party is starting to see that the leader may need to be sacrificed in order for his legacy to survive.
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Politics + Society
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Andrew Scott Crines, University of Liverpool; Ben Williams, University of Salford
You need to know what each party is promising but who has the time to read through all their programmes for government? We did so you don't have to.
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Heather Green, University of Aberdeen
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Adam Crymble, University of Hertfordshire
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Titti Mattsson, Lund University
An investigation has been reopened into the 'Kevin' case, in which two young boys were accused of murdering a four-year-old.
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Arts + Culture
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Helena Bassil-Mozorow, Glasgow Caledonian University
BBC sitcom Fleabag rewrites the rules on depicting women in drama, freeing the female character from the mindless stereotyping that has straitjacketed women for so long.
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Sadek Kessous, Newcastle University
Ripley beat the patriarchy and a rampaging xenomorph - but Daniels isn't even given the chance.
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Chloe Germaine Buckley, Manchester Metropolitan University
Independent, powerful feminist role models or a warning to women not to overstep the mark? Witches have been many things over the years.
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Robert Seddon, Durham University
Who owns culture in the real-virtual world of augmented reality?
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Health + Medicine
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Stephen Mears, Loughborough University
The two hour marathon is getting closer to being broken. How can nutrition help optimise performance?
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Catherine Bailey, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Katie Brittain, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Sue Tiplady, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Sally Pezaro, Coventry University
Clearing up some of the misconceptions about midwives.
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Business + Economy
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Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London
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