People in their nineties reveal the secrets to ageing well
Feb 26, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Life Health
There are many reasons why some people live long healthy lives while others dont, but one of them is undoubtedly genes. That doesnt mean we should be negative about our chances of ageing in good health. Although our genes...
Is it even possible to have a work-life balance?
Feb 25, 2016 13:50 pm UTC| Life
Back in the early 1980s, when I started researching the field of careers, the notion of work-life balance was decidedly embryonic. It certainly had almost no resonance among women, who were still expected to work both at...
Branded for life? Sending the wrong message to young perpetrators of family violence
Feb 24, 2016 07:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
As part of a strategy to eliminate violence against women, an advertising campaign on digital channels, in cinemas and in high foot-traffic areas for young people uses a series of photographs depicting young men who have...
A history of English ... in five words
Feb 23, 2016 11:07 am UTC| Life
Simon Horobin, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford Whats in a word? Caleb Roenigk/flickr, CC BY In 1582, Richard Mulcaster, headmaster of the Merchant Tailors school, wrote that our...
How much time have I got, doc? The problems with predicting survival at end of life
Feb 22, 2016 15:21 pm UTC| Life
Predicting how long a patient will survive is critically important for them and their families to guide future planning, yet notoriously difficult for doctors to predict accurately. While many patients request this...
How Indian artists are fighting against the Modi-fication of history
Feb 22, 2016 13:40 pm UTC| Life
The student president of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, a major Indian university, was recently arrested after a speech later deemed an insult to Mother India. This is simply the latest event in a trend of...
A prison education saved me from a lifetime behind bars
Feb 22, 2016 13:38 pm UTC| Life
David Camerons prison reform speech came one day shy of the 18th anniversary of my release from prison. I can still remember the buzz of excitement I felt walking through the gates for what would be the last time. The very...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects