Healthy relationships education offers a real chance to reduce domestic violence

Aug 01, 2018 14:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

As part of the new-style sex education curriculum, school pupils will soon start learning about healthy intimate relationships which could help to significantly reduce future domestic abuse in the UK. In recent research...

Misogyny hate crime: new research reveals true scale of issue – and how the public are united against it

Aug 01, 2018 14:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life

A widely shared video of a woman being attacked by a man outside a Parisian cafe when she told him to shut up after he allegedly used dirty words that were humiliating and provocative brought the issue of misogynistic hate...

Digging up Franco: why Spain still can't decide what to do with the dictator's body

Aug 01, 2018 14:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The story of Spain during the 20th century is a complex one. The last remnants of the once-great Spanish empire were slipping away. The Second Spanish Republic was declared in April 1931 and King Alfonso XIII was forced...

Vegan diet: how your body changes from day one

Aug 01, 2018 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Veganism, the plant-based diet which shuns meat and dairy, is having its time in the sun. Since 2008, there has been a 350% increase in the number of self-described vegans in the UK alone. Where this motivation stems from...

Bongani Mayosi: South Africa's giant of cardiology and a powerful mentor

Aug 01, 2018 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

South Africas medical fraternity is mourning the death of renowned academic and cardiologist Professor Bongani Mayosi. Mayosi, who was the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town, was...

Cuba: private home ownership recognised for first time since the revolution

Aug 01, 2018 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Real Estate

As one of the few remaining societies with a state-led Communist economy, Cubas housing has taken a distinctive social and economic path since the 1959 revolution. However, in July, the National Assembly of Cuba approved a...

The infantilization of Western culture

Aug 01, 2018 14:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

If you regularly watch TV, youve probably seen a cartoon bear pitching you toilet paper, a gecko with a British accent selling you auto insurance and a bunny in sunglasses promoting batteries. This has always struck me...