Archive – Page 160

The Legacy of Thatcher

17/04/2013

As Thatcher is buried, we examine the legacy of her policies in several key areas...

Sports fandom and forgiveness

16/04/2013

Celebrity confessions : Deep in Sports fandom do we really believe that anyone believes them anymore? ...

Mrs T’s Southern Stuffed Ham

16/04/2013

I will be thinking of Maggie when I next have a big ol’ lick...

Counterfeit i : Mindfulness and Music

16/04/2013

'Dark' music can be empowering because in listening to it, your mind is brought through some places that you may not go on your own....

Sexuality and Dementia

15/04/2013

Managing the delicate issue of sexual expression amongst people with dementia. Sexuality and Dementia study produced by Griffith University....

'I'm not sure there is such a thing as an artistic controversy, but there have certainly been many controversies surrounding art' Ruth Garde, curator, talks to Trebuchet about Michaelangelo, Bernini...

Supercomputer Decodes the Noisey Cosmos

14/04/2013

Noisey Cosmos | scientists from the international Planck collaboration have made the closest reading yet of the most ancient story in our universe: the cosmic microwave background...

Loitered Lens : Stiff Little Fingers

14/04/2013

Always a lightning rod for the angst and alienation of a troubled province, Stiff Little Fingers can still provoke. Photos from their recent Forum gig. ...

Lyme Disease Considered Least Metal

13/04/2013

Scientists have confirmed that the pathogen that causes Lyme Disease —unlike any other known organism—can exist without iron, a metal that all other life needs to make proteins and enzymes....

Ian McCulloch : Holy Ghosts

13/04/2013

Mac's voice has aged with the same sweet languid complexity as an oak-barelled Sauternes....

GV Art and Mind Symposium

12/04/2013

GV Art, in partnership with Art and Mind, announce the attendance of Charles Ferneyhough at the GV Art and Mind Symposium 16 on May 7th....

UK Drug Policy Not Scientific

12/04/2013

UKdrug policy : Government decision to promote abstinence for drug users 'is about saving money not science' ...

The Most Interesting Man In The World: George W. Bush

12/04/2013

The overall trait of the dog is loyalty, an instinct of which George W. Bush seemed to possess none. So why is he painting them?...

Olive Oil : Superfood

11/04/2013

Extra virgin olive oil helps reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) yet another health benefit of this amazing product...

Troller : [Album Review]

11/04/2013

Troller seem undecided which direction to go in – sepulchral or affirmative and this seems to be the sound of a group still in transit....

Family dinners nourish good mental health

10/04/2013

Benefits of family meals to good mental health examined in a large community sample of adolescents....

No Score Draw : How Movie Music Fails Us [Final Part]

10/04/2013

'Art is not made by committee' SWP concludes his series on the art of the soundtrack...

Thatcher’s War on the Self

09/04/2013

Thatcherism, with its jingoism, slogans and partisanship, was all about destroying the self. ...

Career Options for Geek Chicks

09/04/2013

Women may be less likely to pursue careers in science and math because they have more career options...

Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs [Live Review]

09/04/2013

Essentially, they need to be detained Clockwork Orange-style with their eyelids clamped open and forced to watch the New York Dolls until their guyliner runs...

Hanging Offence : Erarta Galleries

08/04/2013

'although much of the popular appeal of contemporary art is in its ability to provoke, we need to be mindful of the media, politicians and governments in relation to the arts' Erarta Galleries' Beth...

Good news for Nice People

08/04/2013

Conscientious, nice people are more likely to have higher grade point averages, according to new research from psychologists at Rice University....

180,000 dead by Sodas

07/04/2013

Sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks and fruit drinks may be associated with about 180,000 deaths around the world each year...

Loitered Lens : Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs

07/04/2013

Porcelain features, vintage Fender guitars (with broken strings) and an album produced by Edwyn Collins. The Lexington expects.......

Robert Louis Jefferson

06/04/2013

In the late 19th century Journalist and Epic Cyclist Robert Louis Jefferson made some spectacular cycles from London to the Constantinople, Khiva and beyond....