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Last night was Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s last chance to go head-to-head in a debate before the election next Thursday – and they wasted no opportunity to land blows on each other.
In our expert round up, we identified which of them was right about gender recognition laws, who is to blame for council bankruptcies – and how realistic their claims were about NHS waiting times. Read the round up here.
In this fascinating article by a psychologist, the suggestion is that we’ve all spent quite enough time deciding which of our friends and relatives is a narcissist. It’s time instead to locate the echoists.
And following the reissue of Karl Polanyi’s book The Great Transformation, we look at why a work about how market liberalism sows the seeds of its own demise is having a moment in 2024.
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Laura Hood
Senior Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Laura Hood, The Conversation; Avery Anapol, The Conversation
Questions were posed on gambling, gender and out-of-work benefits.
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John William Waterhouse - Echo and Narcissus
Kostas Papageorgiou, Queen's University Belfast
Echoist tend to avoid or even reject attention. They are often attracted to narcissists.
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According to Polanyi, the expansion of market society brought not peace and prosperity, but economic collapse, fascism and war.
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Gareth Dale, Brunel University London
For the first time in 80 years, Karl Polanyi’s magnum opus has been published in the UK.
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World
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Michael Ben-Gad, City, University of London
Unlike Hamas, Hezbollah is a large, well-equipped army with the capability to badly hurt Israel.
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Alexander Gilder, University of Reading
Nato member countries are facing a number of security threats including sabotage.
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Richard Thomas, Swansea University
It’s a fairytale ride for Afghanistan’s talented cricketers. But women remain excluded.
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Politics + Society
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Tony McNulty, Queen Mary University of London
Arguably, the two best prime ministers in recent history were the ones with the least experienced teams.
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Ben Kisby, University of Lincoln; Lee Jerome, Middlesex University
Research shows that 16-year-olds are able to make reasoned political decisions.
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Stefan Stern, City, University of London
Whether illegal or not, the gambling scandal engulfing the Tory party is only the latest example of morally indefensible behaviour.
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John Jewell, Cardiff University
Farage and the Mail were previously close ideological bedfellows.
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Arts + Culture
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Nathan Abrams, Bangor University
Donald Sutherland bucked the Hollywood trend for handsome and brought his own unconventional brand of off-kilter integrity and humour to roles that often underscored his left-leaning ideals.
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Annayah Prosser, University of Bath
Festival experiences go way beyond the star-studded lineups.
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Jacqueline Fear-Segal, University of East Anglia
Life on the rez isn’t easy but there’s joy in this heartwarming film about female familial bonds and the importance of Indigenous culture.
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Lillian Hingley, University of Oxford
Charli XCX’s Brat can be seen as part of a multimedia tradition of women’s writing that is honest and no longer afraid of being labelled ‘bratty’.
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Business + Economy
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Dominic Davies, City, University of London
Will Labour’s pothole politics provide the meaningful infrastructure investment desperately needed in Britain?
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Gareth Dale, Brunel University London
For the first time in 80 years, Karl Polanyi’s magnum opus has been published in the UK.
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Environment
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Shashi Kant Yadav, University of Surrey; Rosalind Malcolm, University of Surrey
Regardless of where in the world the oil would be burnt, local authorities must consider the greenhouse gas emissions before granting the planning permission.
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Mark Maslin, UCL
Carbon credits aren’t inherently bad – the system needs greater transparency and better monitoring to ensure credibility.
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Will de Freitas, The Conversation
5,000 year old stones may survive paint but not climate breakdown.
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Health
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Paresh Wankhade, Edge Hill University
NHS waiting times has been the hot-button topic of the 2024 general election.
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
An anatomist reviews the evidence on the best way to stay cool and avoid hyperthermia.
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Science + Technology
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Smadar Cohen-Chen, University of Sussex
Don’t ignore your emotions. They can be important clues as to how politicians are trying to sway you.
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