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...money than I spent. On Twitter, Trump is behaving like the celebrity he is – cutting out the troublesome middleman to promote himself and his policies without the inconvenience of long-form explanation. The limit of 140 characters is perfect for communicating emotion rather than nuance. The widely respected US academic and media commentator Jay Rosen has it right, in my...

...money they bring into local economies contributes to regional development. Crucially, they also play an important part in knowledge production and circulation – the core business of higher education. They are not consumers but part of the very fabric of higher education, even though this was always ignored. The coronavirus pandemic has starkly exposed this financial...

...money for the company. I was on a par with the beer they sold or the crisps and nuts they stocked: my body was property, something which was commonplace across the so-called ‘hospitality industry’ and other sectors – another mechanism to increase profits. Sometimes I had to do a two-hour shift on my own – completely solo. This was because it was quiet in the early...