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...world can dissipate. Sexual intimacy tends to fluctuate over the life course. It ebbs and flows as life takes over and time for intimacy dwindles. While identified as one of the most private aspects of our lives, sex is also affected by external influences, such as our jobs. Research has now shown how our sex lives have been deeply impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. So...

...world where feedback matters, and whilst the ‘chat’ under a police story in no way comprises formal feedback, it does provide an informal way of capturing community feeling and sentiment regarding police activity. It also does this in a way that is naturally occurring, and away from organisational or research agendas. Secondly, the effort that people are prepared to...

...world through space, its evolutionary career forever ended. We can only hope that measurements made by the the Trace Gas Orbiter over the next few years vindicate Lowell’s belief in the presence of Martian life, but contradict his pessimistic view of its survival potential. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...

...world history as a result. As far as the first few weeks of Trump’s presidency are concerned, they suggest that the level of untrustworthiness in the political establishment is going to reach a new level, when there seems to be a lack of political will to enforce constitutional controls (for example the emoluments clause requiring presidents to discharge all of their...

...world of Victorian showbiz, and the growth of mass audiences. All good fun and relatively harmless. Or is it? There is another story about Victorian entertainment that lies behind these jolly posters and harmless pantomimes, one which I would argue is as important for understanding modern British culture: that of the seemingly insatiable appetite for representations of...

...World War, plagued by the ‘troubles’ of internecine religions for the long post-war years, now relatively at peace. All that, and much more, is true, and necessary to know. But I need to add more. Reading a novel about the siege – Derry, famous as ‘the maiden city’ was never in the end taken – added more to my understanding, shared with others who had read A...

...world’s medicines have been invented through partnerships between government and business. Former Open University economics professor Mariana Mazzucato (2013) suggests that most of the technology in smart phones started, not with private business, but with the government (mainly through research for the defence industry). The private sector has a role to play in...