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Melanie Phillips Melanie Phillips is a British journalist, broadcaster and author whose weekly column currently appears in The Times of London. melaniephillips.substack.com 14 November 2023 This morning, I appeared on TalkTV to discuss the anti-Israel demonstrations in London, particularly those that took place this last Saturday. You can
Leigh Riby Professor of Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Psychology Northumbria University, Newcastle When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his
Dominic Broomfield-McHugh Professor of Musicology University of Sheffield Barbra Streisand, whose autobiography – My Name is Barbra – was published this year, is one of the most successful divas of the past 60 years. She has released 117 singles, 36 studio albums, 12 compilations, 11 live albums and 15 soundtracks. And there
T.J. Thomson Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media RMIT University Daniel Angus Professor of Digital Communication Queensland University of Technology Imagine this. You need an image of a balloon for a work presentation and turn to a text-to-image generator, like Midjourney or DALL-E, to create a suitable
Rudolph Lambert Fernandez Rudolph Lambert Fernandez is an independent writer who writes on culture and society. mercatornet.com The year 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece on masculinity. The plot, set in 1960s Texas, follows escaped convict, the benign Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) who takes eight-year-old
Christian B. Miller Wake Forest University Prominent cases of purported lying continue to dominate the news cycle. Hunter Biden was charged with lying on a government form while purchasing a handgun. Republican Representative George Santos allegedly lied in many ways, including to donors through a third party in order to
Lucy Collins-Stack Aideen Sullivan University College Cork The centuries-old martial art of tai chi is shown to have many health benefits – including improving balance, reducing anxiety and preventing cardiovascular disease. But these aren’t the only benefits this exercise may have. A recently published study has demonstrated for the first
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Buzz The archbishop of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa*, the Most Reverend Donald Steven Tamihere, has spoken at the Kingitanga hui. @AotearoaLib on X had this to say. They were not his exact words but that was the gist: AotearoaLib (video). Let me clear one thing up from the outset
David Bell David Bell, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Programme Head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in
Martin Hewison Professor of Molecular Endocrinology University of Birmingham Most of us don’t worry about getting vitamin D when the weather’s warm and the sun is shining. But as winter approaches, accompanied by overcast days and long nights, you may be wondering if it could be useful to
The BFD’s 20th most popular article of 2023 was a letter to the editor. So far this letter has been read 3540 times. You can read it here. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If
Joseph P. Laycock Associate Professor of Religious Studies Natasha Mikles Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Religious Studies Texas State University Among the many spooky events happening over Halloween weekend was the biannual “Haunting of Impalas” at Family Business Brewing, a 15-acre brewery in Dripping Springs, Texas, owned by actor and
The BFD’s 19th most popular article of 2023 was The Covid Conference the MSM Don’t Want You to Know About. So far this article has been read 3554 times. You can read it here. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the
William Trollinger Professor of History University of Dayton It was Dec. 19, 1923 – 100 years ago. The first day of Christmas break at the University of Dayton, with fewer than 40 students still on campus. At 10:30 p.m., the quiet was shattered by a series of explosions, as
