
How online grocery shopping is making Britain's urban-rural inequality worse
May 26, 2023 14:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Before the pandemic, online grocery shopping was typically something younger and more affluent people living in cities indulged in. When COVID hit, though, the market exploded. In the first week of the first UK...

What is vernacular art? A visual artist explains
May 26, 2023 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by artists who are usually self-taught. They tend to work outside of art academies and commercial galleries, which have traditionally been the purview of white, affluent artists...
NFL icon and social activist Jim Brown leaves a complicated legacy
May 26, 2023 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Throughout his celebrated life, Jim Brown was both praised for his community activism and vilified for his abuse of women. But no one questions his incredible ability on the professional football field or his subsequent...

Tiger protection in India also saved 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions – new study
May 26, 2023 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The year 2023 coincided with the 50th anniversary of Indias groundbreaking Project Tiger, an innovative programme designed to rescue the countrys iconic big cat from the precipice of extinction. In April, as part of these...
May 26, 2023 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Companies implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a way to present an environmentally responsible image and therefore gain legitimacy in the eyes of their stakeholders. But some companies dont actually live up...
May 26, 2023 14:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The recent furore over accusations by the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, that South Africa was supplying arms to Russia despite its declared policy of non-alignment, has sparked a debate on whether the...

AI could threaten some jobs, but it is more likely to become our personal assistant
May 26, 2023 14:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
BT recently announced that it would be reducing its staff by 55,000, with around 11,000 of these related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The remainder of the cuts were due to business efficiencies, such as...