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...simple an explanation for the complex web of problems faced by today’s adolescent boys. Do boys really learn to be healthy, well-adjusted men simply by copying ‘positive’ role models, whether at home or in the wider world? What about the part played by mothers, and by female professionals, in boys’ development: isn’t there a danger that a simplistic emphasis on...

...simple question is posed, which can only be answered with Yes or NO. We do not know the question for the suggested EU referendum yet, but it is quite likely to be something along the lines of: Are you in favour of the United Kingdom’s membership to the European Union? Yes / No A question asked in a referendum has to be clear and precise. It has to be easy to understand...

...simple task of captaining a ship, it is surely much, much, more obviously true of ‘captaining’ a state. The second stage concerns the procedure for selecting such experts. A democratic selection procedure is to find the person who is most popular. However, and this is Plato’s point, there is simply no reason to think that being expert at making oneself popular is at...

...simple pleasures of spotting fashion changes – in clothes, voices, or set design. And it’s fascinating to try and trace the relationships between the publications of books and reports that we might work on as academics and popular broadcasting. It’s also interesting to tie together the networks of knowledge and skill that are being brought together to make difficult...

...simple priority for major businesses. What both campaigns share is the focus on the theme of EU migration. This makes sense because EU migration relates to free movement of labour. The Eurosceptic business campaign argues that national governments should have control over the number of people entering the country. The pro-EU business campaign on the other hand claims that...