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Hares have been set running by the UK’s unexpectedly rampant August inflation numbers, showing annual prices rising at 3.2% – the highest in a decade. The Bank of England has been insisting for a while that we are living through a blip in prices caused by temporary import shortages and a very flaccid 2020, but this latest data will do little to reassure anyone.
Economist Alexander Tziamalis is firmly on the side of the inflationists. He sees underlying structural reasons for rising prices, such as Brexit and the ailing pound, and says the government and central bank must act now before households seriously feel the pinch.
Meanwhile, everyone knows the bewitching pinks and greens of the northern lights, but some say you can also hear them. Is this just someone plucking on the harps of their imagination or is it scientific fact? And finally, we bring you up to speed on the latest trend to have taken hold on social media – dark academia.
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Steven Vass
Business + Economy Editor
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Up she goes.
Lightspring
Alexander Tziamalis, Sheffield Hallam University
Inflation in the UK in August rose at the highest rate in a decade.
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Fiona Amery, University of Cambridge
Depending on who you ask, the northern lights may, very occasionally, sound like ‘rustling silk’ or ‘two planks meeting flat ways’.
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Portrait of the ladies of the Bluestocking Society as the characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo.
National Portrait Gallery
Serena Dyer, De Montfort University
People have always wanted others to know they’re smart, and what better way to do that than with clothes?
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Health + Medicine
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Andrew Lee, University of Sheffield
Flexibility and accepting that stronger control measures might be needed is important given how uncertain things are ahead of winter.
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Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford
Without an adequate plan, the UK will be stuck in a cycle of rising deaths and measures introduced too late to counter them.
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Sarah Pitt, University of Brighton
The UK has outlined plans to top the immunity of the most vulnerable ahead of the winter.
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Benjamin Jones, University of Nottingham; Chris Iddon, University of Nottingham
Governments and companies alike are budgeting millions for air cleaning technologies to curb the spread of COVID. Experts say standard building ventilation - and social distancing - work
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Thomas Keegan, Lancaster University; Christopher Gaffney, Lancaster University
Patients who got in shape before surgery had shorter hospital stays afterwards on average.
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Politics + Society
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Barbara Yoxon, Lancaster University
The new security alliance between the US, UK and Australia could create a security dilemma.
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Jamie Gaskarth, The Open University
Dominic Raab’s successor will face a slew of foreign policy challenges. Here’s how she might approach them.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Daniel Merino, The Conversation
Plus, new clues on why mosquitoes bite some people more than others. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Environment + Energy
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Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University
Which species are becoming endangered and which are recovering, according to the IUCN World Conservation Congress?
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Gerd Masselink, University of Plymouth; Paul Simon Kench, Simon Fraser University
Waves, storms and floods can reshape atoll islands to survive sea-level rise – but their coral reefs need protection.
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Business + Economy
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Marianna Fotaki, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Accountancy firm KPMG’s plans for greater social balance should be applauded.
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Arts + Culture
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Rosemary Lucy Hill, University of Huddersfield
Data from the UK Musician’s Union shows that half of their members have experienced sexual harassment at work.
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