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Italy: What happens next?
Society, Politics & Law

Italy: What happens next?

...centre-right that sees itself as the only bulwark against a populist quasi-dictatorship. In short, whatever you may think of the M5S and Lega’s economic policies – and some are, indeed, mad – they are the first to actually grab the bull of EMU by the horns and argue for a different adjustment path. And whatever you may think of Italian voters, these parties did so...
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Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?
Money & Business

Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?

...centre of Airbus’s decision-making, with components and major sections being made across Europe. The delay in the launch of the A380 “superjumbo” is one example of where the different location choices (in this case different computer design systems) was driven by political needs rather than operational expediency. 5. No guarantees Despite the logic for Airbus moving...
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The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid
Languages

The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid

...centring around Cummings’s flouting of the lockdown regulations with his cross-country trip to County Durham – went on to dominate the headlines for at least the next seven days, until the focus of the news media was pulled dramatically away to events on the other side of the Atlantic. Although it’s now slipped a little down the news agenda, the incident is still...
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Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...centre would form the commercial district, separated from the industrial and residential districts by expansive green belts. In 1925, Corbusier's ambitious Plan Voisin for Paris envisioned the destruction of virtually the entire north bank of the Seine to incorporate a mini version of the Ville Contemporaine. Understandably, it remained only a plan. More realistic was the...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Austria
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Austria

...centre of political power in Europe for centuries, Vienna boasts a unique cuisine. In 1839, August Zang visited Paris and set up the first Boulangerie Viennoise, Viennese bakery, in France, introducing Parisians to the crescent-shaped kipferl. Image: Hutschi under Creative Commons license Das Mohnweckerl Mohnweckerl is a small, soft white roll topped with poppy seeds....
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Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26
Nature & Environment

Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26

...centre stage.] Normally the “High-Level Segment” only begins at the start of week 2 of the COP where ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’. The World Leaders Summit at the start of COP26 gives the world leaders plenty to negotiate on in various backroom bi- and multi-lateral deals. It is not clear if all these leaders are going to hang around for the rest...
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An uncomfortable truth: How Britain has criminalised rough sleepers
Society, Politics & Law

An uncomfortable truth: How Britain has criminalised rough sleepers

...centres), these sites are routinely monitored by criminal justice agencies, bringing the homeless under direct surveillance and control. Modern day vagrants The criminalisation of the homeless can be traced back to 1824 and beyond, when vagrancy laws were implemented to control the spread of “urban poverty” at the height of the industrial revolution. During this time,...
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Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for

...centre back may have to be addressed if England are to be successful. All being well, England would be predicted to face France in a semi-final and then Germany or Spain in the final. Who are the contenders to win? There were six teams – England, France, Portugal, Romania, Hungary and Belgium – who came through the qualifying stages unbeaten. Portugal had the best...
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