This podcast was presented and produced by Jo Barratt This year marks 25 years since the publication of Geoff Dyer’s first novel, The Colour of Memory. Geoff is a multi-award winning writer who has written 4 novels and is also…
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A look at the highs and lows of living high up. And how high rise flats could be the answer to the housing crisis, if planning regulations allow.
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Boris Vian is one of France’s most widely read authors, but he has never won the international recognition gained by his friends Sartre and Camus. Now the film Mood Indigo, based on his novel L’Ecume des Jours, brings his work to a wider audience.
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What are the relations between the social sciences and the neurosciences, and what might it mean to do interdisciplinary work between these areas?
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Hari Kunzru has cemented his role as one of Britain’s most acute observers of modern life and its intricacies with his novels The Impressionist, Transmission and Gods Without Men – a roller-coaster ride of surrealism, dystopia and satirical humour.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the most common mental health problems, and one of the most debilitating. Now neuroscience research from Goldsmiths suggests that part of the brain called the precuneus may be responsible, bringing effective treatment closer.
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Three of Europe’s biggest football clubs – Legia Warsaw, Borussia Dortmund and Roma – are the subject of a UEFA funded study of racism and anti-racist strategies in European football.
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Money. We all know what it is, but who creates money? The answer is actually surprising. 97% of money in our economy is created by private banks when they make loans, and this is carried out by these banks simply typing numbers into a computer. In doing so, private banks invariably divert this newly created money into house price bubbles and other forms of financial speculation.
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These days we are used to hearing about the power of banks, GDP percentages, hedge funds, shareholders, stock market reports, house prices, the business cycle, deficits, debts, surpluses – but has it always been this way? Has money and finance always been such a prominent focal point for the popular consciousness? And if so, how has the representation of money changed and what does this tell us about our society?
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The ethos is the genius of the institution. ‘Civitas’ is the ethos of The Ark Academy in Wembley, London – a concept supporting the development of altruism, persistence and thoughtfulness in their pupils.
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