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Dying to be cool
(6 minute read) Emily Glena reveals the ethical dilemmas involved in a shopping trip to the UK High Street.
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How the Academic Establishment Won the Debate by Ignoring the Challenge
(7 minute read) Jukka Savolainen says a social media spat in Finland raises serious questions about how open the university world is to legitimate criticism.
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Art and Sciences not Art versus Sciences
(4 minute read) Samantha Seidu pleads for arts subjects not to be considered academic second class citizens.
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The likeness of Agnes Bamber
(5 minute read) A discovery in a charity shop in Manchester, Northern England, leads Adam Brocklehurst to reflect on relationships across social divides.
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Sinister sounds: How the phonetics of scare words amplify their meaning
John Kline reflects on how scare words like ‘racist’ and ‘hate’ are designed to rattle us.
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The Philippines: life beyond elections
Mary Aileen D. Bacalso can barely contain her grief as she fears her homeland will return to a period of brutality and unrest.
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Wading into Roe vs Wade
What a leaked judgement means - and doesn’t mean - for America’s abortion laws. Catherine Robinson explains.
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Long to reign over us?
(5 minute read) Alex Osborn gives Queen Elizabeth II a near perfect report card but has concerns about the future of the British monarchy.
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Can you have human dignity without Christianity?
(12 minute read) “If human dignity is a Christian concept, what happens to it after Christianity?” asks Nathaniel Peters.
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Extremes of forgiveness
(4 minute read) Abaigael Lorge says only heroic acts of reconciliation can truly heal traumatised and brutalised societies.
