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How difficulty in identifying emotions could be affecting your weight
Most of us have turned to food to make ourselves feel better at some point.
Brexit, xenophobia and international students: how to combat 'public paranoia’ over immigration
No sector in the UK has more enthusiastically embraced globalisation than higher education.
The environmental impact of music: digital, records, CDs analysed
Streaming an album 27 times uses more energy than producing and manufacturing a CD.
Brexit: The Uncivil War – what it told us, and what it didn't
'We are going to be making decisions based on science and data … no advertisers, no snake oil salesmen, or fucking Saatchis.'
Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe and the languages of African literature
'One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words.'
Generation rent is a myth – housing prospects for millennials are determined by class
Young people are renting their homes for longer periods of their lives than their parents’ generation.
Some sharks have declined by 92% in the past half-century off Queensland's coast
Hammerheads, tigers and white sharks have all declined by more than 74%.
Why we should be cheered by the rise in illegal raves
More than 680 reports of unlicensed music events were recorded in 2017.
Was Tolkien really racist?
There might be more to the orcs than there first appears.
The arts are a shadow health service – here's why
Evidence is clear: the arts deserve more.
Mary Quant: fashion's inspirational icon for the #metoo era
The V&A London’s Mary Quant exhibition opens in April 2019.
Knife crime: how former offenders can make great mentors for at-risk teens
It’s widely reported that there’s been an increase in street violence, particularly in London.
Drugs and alcohol complicate sexual consent, but context can make things clearer
Drawing the line between consensual sex and assault when a complainant is heavily intoxicated is particularly difficult.
Why I quit my day job researching happiness and started cycling to Bhutan
'For all the good that writing another academic research paper would do, I thought I might as well be cycling to Bhutan.'
How political blogs by teenagers promote tolerance, participation and public debate
'The younger you are, the less respect you get for your opinions.'
Michelle Obama's Becoming is an insight into inequality, feminism and a FLOTUS who broke the mould
She changed what the office of First Lady stands for.
Putting LGBTI issues in the school curriculum goes far beyond 'political correctness'
90% of those who identify as LGBTI experience bullying in school.
Menstrual art: why everyone should go and see it
Sculpted clay tampons and body prints made from menstrual fluid are just some of the artworks exhibiting in an upcoming show.