I thought I would update you on my recent medical adventures. So, I had a catheter fitted: albeit it only for a couple of weeks. Steve Latham But on Monday, I had it removed. A wonderful feeling! And it wasn’t just the freedom from discomfort. To pee – […]
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Existentialism and the Y chromosome
Every male on earth, from the earliest time, has carried a “Y” chromosome (the X-shaped bundles of DNA, contained within the cell nucleus) inherited from the father, which makes him differ from the female, with two X chromosomes. Nigel Pocock In 1946, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote his classic statement […]
Immigrants and activists: Myriam Ojeda, fighting is forever
The Prisma is launching a mini-series about immigrants who fought for freedom in their home countries and have continued this activism from their host country. After a childhood of war tanks, brutality and protest, Miryam Ojeda was forced to flee her homeland in her early twenties. Despite living as an exile in the UK, she campaigns for peace and justice for Colombians every day.
The climate cliff: the emergency is now
In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that, to stave off an irreversible climate catastrophe, we had only until 2030 to cut global emissions of carbon dioxide by around 40%. Kira Nash In 2020, the leader of the year-long MOSAiC expedition to the Arctic said that […]
Washington’s networks
The events that took place on 11 July in Cuba consisted in a large-scale media operation initiated mid-June using U.S. government funds, which, given the suffering of the Cuban people, only stifles them instead of helping them. Karina Marrón González Cuba has criticised the United States government for […]
















