Since the outbreak of the current wave of protests in Iran, two sharply competing narratives have emerged to explain what is unfolding in the streets.
For the ruling establishment, the unrest is portrayed as a foreign-engineered plot. They argue it is an externally-driven attempt to destabilise the state through manipulation,...
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is inviting visitors to brighten up January with a 2-for-1 adult entry offer. From today (Tuesday 13) to Friday 30 January, adults can enjoy two tickets for the price of one, either in person or online using the code BEATTHEBLUES. The museum’s galleries are...
Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro work primarily by reducing hunger. They mimic a hormone the body already produces called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which helps regulate appetite and feelings of fullness.
By slowing how quickly food leaves the stomach and acting on appetite centres in the brain, the...
Growing up in rural India, my grandmother would feed the village dog half a chapati and a bowl of milk each afternoon, surely insufficient for its needs. The dog survived by scavenging from nearby homes. Years later, living in Delhi, I encountered street dogs refusing biscuits, overfed by households...
Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly feel compelled to tidy a drawer or reorganise the apps on our phone. Procrastination feels irrational from the outside but gripping from the inside. Although it’s often framed as...
A marathon pushes the human body close to its limits. Legs tire, lungs burn and the heart works hard for hours on end. For years, that strain has raised an uncomfortable question: does running 26 miles actually damage the heart?
The strongest reassurance comes from a new ten-year study of...
Daniel Kelly, Sheffield Hallam University
For more than 80 years, men have been told that testosterone helps prostate cancer grow. But a very different picture has emerged over the past two decades.
The prostate is a small gland that sits just below the bladder. Its job is to produce the fluid...
By Katy Highet, University of the West of Scotland
Just as the protests outside asylum hotels of summer 2025 faded from headlines, some anti-immigration groups turned their attention to another target: English classes.
On November 24, a protest was organised outside a primary school in Glasgow, in opposition to an Esol...
By Eamon McCrory, UCL and Ritika Chokhani, UCL
Between 2014 and 2024, the proportion of people aged 16–24 in England experiencing mental health issues rose from 19% to 26%.
This means over 1.6 million young people – enough to fill Wembley Stadium 18 times over – are affected by mental ill-health...
Many businesses in the UK saw the 2025 budget as a tightening of the screw in a period of already difficult conditions. While the government insists it is not raising taxes on companies overall, disquiet among businesses could have an impact on jobs, wages and the wider economy.
It’s true...
