Video Lord Hennessy on British politics and the rise of populism
Lord Hennessy on British politics and the rise of populism
Lord Hennessy speaks to Cherwell TV
Friday, February 26, 2021
- News
Professor Christine Gerrard announced as LMH interim Principal
In an email sent to LMH students, Mr Rusbridger said "She [Professor Gerrard] embodies the values of the College and will continue to further establish LMH's reputation for academic excellence, diversity and inclusion. She and I will be working closely to ensure a seamless transition when I leave."New College begins trial of ‘friendship households’ initiative
"New College are trialling a new household system whereby students are grouped in households of between 6 and 7 people, based on their group of friends rather than the location that they are living in within the College."University will not rename Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum scholarship after #FreeLatifa campaign expresses concerns
"The University of Oxford will be retaining its Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Graduate Scholarship after new allegations have come out against the ruler."Trials show azithromycin and doxycycline are not generally effective for treating Covid-19
"The UK-wide Platform Randomized trial of INterventions against COVID-19 In older People (PRINCIPLE) trial has demonstrated that the commonly used antibiotics azithromycin and doxycycline are not generally effective treatments for coronavirus."New University access scheme to increase number of British Pakistani and Bangladeshi applicants
Dr Williams says, “We had planned for about 100 participants in the first instance but we have received 471 applications, 450 of which are from prospective undergraduate students."
- Opinion
Valuing the Future-Present: How to be Taiwan
"By acknowledging that the future will eventually be the day we wake up to and the problems we encounter, we can make a greater conscious effort to make that future-present a better one."It Can’t Happen Here … Again? The GOP After Trump
As tempting as it may be to simply move on from the Trump presidency, four cathartic years now over and the American republic redeemed, we ought not to look upon the political currents which swept the 45th President to power as mere spent forces never again to re-emerge.Dating in East Asia: the Work-Life Imbalance
"While the economy is valuable, we should not forget that the economy is built by people, for people. If your population cannot profit from their own economy, what’s the point?"In Praise of the UK’s Vaccine Rollout
I would argue that the vaccine rollout has been one of the few British successes to quietly emerge from the pandemic, primarily as the government has taken a step back and left it to non-partisan public bodies to head the process.
- Long Reads
The parallel pandemic: how should we address the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories?
"The physical impact of the virus is hugely concerning. But the threat from the parallel pandemic of misinformation – which is jeopardising our collective capability to agree on basic facts – should not be underestimated."Vaccine Politics: global inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic
"The vaccine and the coronavirus, inextricably interlinked, have become channels through which national political interests can be realised, a new, shiny tool in the arsenal and war-chests of governments to wield power and gain political capital."Ava Max’s ‘Crazy Ex’: smashing or bolstering hetero-normative stereotypes surrounding women and mental illness?
"The persona that Max cultivates in these three videos is so overdone that it could be a cynical deconstruction of the ‘crazy’ stereotype, rather than a reinforcement of it. However, could the effect ultimately just be a reproduction of old misogynist tropes, changing nothing and possibly even fuelling the faithful old fire of patriarchy?"Oxford’s overlooked inhabitants: Brexit and the East Timorese
"When the first Timorese began arriving in the UK in the early 1990s, they were essentially asylum seekers and yet, since they were on paper no different to a French, German, Swedish or Greek person moving to the UK, over the past thirty years they have received far less support than people fleeing violence from other countries."Hallucinogenic healing
"Some scientists argue that the use of psychedelics can drastically cut medical costs by generating a shift in psychiatry from the current palliative approach towards a curative one. "
- Science & Tech
How COVID-19 can affect your toes and skin
""COVID toes" are a dermatological symptom of COVID-19. They resemble chilblains”, which are red or purplish swellings one may experience if hands or feet are exposed to the cold for too long."It’s time for contraceptive justice
Pharmaceutical companies should push against unsubstantiated and outdated ideas about a lack of demand for long-term male contraception.Science Snippet: Analysis of COVID-19 symptoms on twitter
"Researchers from the University of Utah examined twitter posts from early April 2020 (and) found references to 36 other unique symptoms, including 3 898 cases of the now well documented symptom of loss of taste."An Illustration of Human Memory with Inside Out
"How accurate is this depiction of memory? It turns out Inside Out is a lot more reliable than you might think."The diverse challenges of energy transitions worldwide
"It is time to stop the blame game and recognise the need for international cooperation to achieve energy transition and collectively mitigate climate change."
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Number 19
'Walking along the Edgware Road It's ten o'clock at night I glance down at my phone amongst it all And it's your name that glows in the light'Rice-cakes
'a few more days of worrying about weddings, wondering why we seem to copy the lives of those we wish would love us'Two Poems
"The memory is hazy, the photographic still of the memory I keep in my head, more so."Love from,
'You're in all the details, taking up the small spaces/You're filling in the gaps between words in this poem.'
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