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This time last year, things were beginning to unravel. The UK had reopened after its first lockdown, but by September COVID cases and hospitalisations were rising again. Two lockdowns ultimately followed.
Is the country set for the same fate this year? Probably not, argue James Gaughan and Peter Sivey. Hospitalisations are relatively high presently but, thanks to the vaccine programme, aren’t increasing at the sharp rate that preceded previous lockdowns. This is what threatens to overwhelm the NHS – and without this threat, drastic stay-at-home measures shouldn’t be needed.
Western countries have traditionally dominated the car-making industry. But today China is the world’s biggest manufacturer. It is beginning to surpass western countries on quality too, and is on course to become the builder of the best cars in the world.
Victoria Mapplebeck won a Bafta by shooting a film on an iPhone after struggling to re-enter the TV industry as a mother. In this brilliantly written piece, she explains why there’s more hope today for women directors and writers.
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Rob Reddick
Commissioning Editor, COVID-19
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James Gaughan, University of York; Peter Sivey, University of York
Hospitalisations aren’t rising in the steep manner that prompted previous lockdowns despite the high current caseload.
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Xpeng’s G3 electric is leading the way in top-end Chinese engineering.
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Tom Stacey, Anglia Ruskin University
China used to only make Soviet cars under licence. Now it’s taking on Tesla.
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Victoria Mapplebeck won a Bafta for her short film shot on her phone.
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Victoria Mapplebeck, Royal Holloway University of London
Many women struggle to maintain a career in film after having children. But there are creative avenues to be explored to circumvent the gatekeepers, as filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck discovered.
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Health
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Aristides Tagalakis, Edge Hill University
Gene silencing drugs target the underlying causes of a disease, rather than the symptoms it causes.
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Connor Bamford, Queen's University Belfast
Two different respiratory viruses were found to swap proteins when they infected the same cell.
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Business + Economy
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Robert Butler, University College Cork
Is the decades-old policy of not broadcasting 3pm football games in England still necessary?
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Dan Plumley, Sheffield Hallam University; Rob Wilson, Sheffield Hallam University
Big names, big gains?
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Arts + Culture
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Richard Osborne, Middlesex University
With streaming, people listen to individual tracks but the Mercury Prize is all about albums, is it still relevant?
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Ian Pace, City, University of London
There is a lot of classical music written in response to the terrible events of 9/11, however, not all of it should have been written.
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Maria Flood, University of Liverpool; Michael C. Frank, University of Zurich
In a time of increasingly complex geopolitical entanglements and moral failings, these films articulate a yearning for unsullied heroism, effective leadership and appropriate responses to crises.
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Politics + Society
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Hayley Roberts, Bangor University
The latest border protection move from the UK government could breach international law.
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Christina Hellmich, University of Reading
The terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks has been replaced by other jihadist threats.
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Jared Ahmad, University of Sheffield
Most terrorism has nothing to do with Islam, yet thanks to 9/11 politicians and the media, that’s the way it is presented to the public.
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Paul Rogers, University of Bradford
It was the day the US realised it was fighting a different kind of war.
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