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Humour across cultures: no laughing matter
(7 minute read) Lisa Fraser warns of the pitfalls in jokes that don’t travel well.
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Top tips for charity leaders
(8 minute read) How do you retain your volunteers in the charity sector, and keep them happy and working well? Lisa Fraser offers some good practice tips.
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Arguing with the algorithms
(3 minute read) We shouldn’t be afraid of technological development, argues Prakarsh Singh.
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Free will in the age of Surveillance Capitalism
(6 minute read) Can the Big Brother of technology really control our lives? asks Sam Savelli.
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Gender is more than a word
(5 minute read) Sam Hall points out the inadequacies - and indeed absurdities - of recent debates about what it is to be male or female.
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From Cuba with Love
(4 minute read) Audrey White discovers a new approach to agriculture in the Caribbean which could ‘heal’ the earth.
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Anti-refugees? Give them a job
(5 minute read) Eloise Thompson looks at the obstacles facing those fleeing war and persecution as they try to make an honest contribution to their host nation.
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Seduced by the glib: the power (and risks) of inspirational quotes …
(7 minute read) Lisa Fraser has come to the conclusion that basing the big decisions of life on ‘inspirational quotes’ is a mug’s game.
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2022 War Diary
(4 minute read) Michal Gembal, a Polish father of four, recounts his family’s efforts in recent weeks to assist the flood of refugees arriving from Ukraine.
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It’s cool to be Asian, but don’t mention the virus!
(3 minute read) Grace Choi examines the media’s love-hate relationship with East Asian people and culture.
