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The Conversation UKby Jane Wright, Commissioning Editor, Arts & Culture, The Conversation28 Aug 2026
I can’t think of anyone who wasn’t saddened to hear of the death of Dolly Parton this week, such was her natural ability to charm all kinds of people.
The Conversation UKby Jenni Ramone, Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University28 Aug 2026
Meg Mason’s new book, Sophie, Standing There, has been advertised as a bittersweet story of love, loneliness and finding connection in the most unlikely of places.
The Conversation UKby Dibyesh Anand, Professor of International Relations and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Westminster28 Aug 2026
Within the space of a few minutes on August 26, the border crossing between Nepal and China – Rasuwagadhi on the Nepali side and Gyirong on the Chinese – was destroyed by a flash flood caused by a...
The Conversation UKby Jenny Lawler, School of Biotechnology and DCU Water Institute, Dublin City University28 Aug 2026
Irish whiskey is one of Ireland’s great export success stories. Exports were worth over €930 million in 2025, with the country’s much-loved spirit being sold all over the world.
The Conversation UKby Amy Grubb, Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Gloucestershire28 Aug 2026
Fifty-three years ago, convicted criminal Jan-Erik Olsson walked into a bank on Norrmalmstorg, a square in central Stockholm, pulled a submachine gun from under his jacket and fired at the ceiling.
The Conversation UKby Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Glaciology and Earth Observation, University of Bristol28 Aug 2026
The cause of the huge floods and debris flow on the border between Nepal and Tibet, which has caused hundreds of deaths, appears to have been an ice avalanche – the result of a huge piece of a...
The Conversation UKby Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University28 Aug 2026
Nasa has named its latest flagship space telescope after the American scientist Nancy Grace Roman.
The Conversation UKby Philip Broadbent, Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar, University of Glasgow28 Aug 2026
What happens when the NHS is hit by an emergency it cannot predict? A heatwave can send thousands more people to hospital. A power cut can put patients who depend on electricity at risk.
The Conversation UKby Yi Wang, PhD Candidate in Education, University of Cambridge28 Aug 2026
Our beliefs aren’t fixed. They’re shaped, stretched and sometimes overturned by the ideas we encounter as we move through life.
The Conversation UKby Wouter Poortinga, Professor of Environmental Psychology, Cardiff University28 Aug 2026
What kind of society would you rather live in: an equal one where everyone is just about getting by?
The Conversation UKby Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton28 Aug 2026
UK prime minister Andy Burnham has promised to clean up three of the worst illegal waste dumps in England and sign off new measures to tackle the problem more widely.
The Conversation UKby Marie Thompson, Senior Lecturer In Popular Music, The Open University27 Aug 2026
Dolly Parton has sung disco, pop, bluegrass and even metal – but for all her genre-hopping, she has always come back to country.
The Conversation UKby Daniel Parsons, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, and Professor of Geosciences, Loughborough University27 Aug 2026
The devastating floods that have swept through the Nepal–Tibet border region are first and foremost a human tragedy. Hundreds of people have died or remain missing.
The Conversation UKby Stuart Dunning, Professor of Applied Geomorphology, Newcastle University27 Aug 2026
A collapsing glacier in Tibet led to a devastating wall of water and debris roaring through a valley in Nepal, leaving hundreds dead and many hundreds still missing.
The Conversation UKby Francesco Grillo, Academic Fellow, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University27 Aug 2026
Europe’s relationship with American technology increasingly resembles an addiction. The patient knows it’s bad for them but cannot quite bring themselves to break it, because they don’t not know...
The Conversation UKby Michael Sanders, Professor of Public Policy, King's College London27 Aug 2026
A new government-commissioned report has laid bare the tragedy of care leaver deaths. The review was conducted by social work leader Clare Chamberlain and journalist Ashley John-Baptiste, who grew...
The Conversation UKby Tim Morris, Emeritus Professor, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford27 Aug 2026
Shortly before entering Downing Street, Andy Burnham made a promise that appeared to be reassuring in its simplicity. “I won’t change,” he said. “I have a style.
The Conversation UKby Stephen McVeigh, Professor of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swansea University27 Aug 2026
When Star Trek first appeared on television screens 60 years ago, audiences expected science fiction to offer aliens, monsters and futuristic technology.
The Conversation UKby Derek Stanford Hutcheson, Professor of Political Science, Malmö University27 Aug 2026
A recent call by Ukraine’s former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, for new national elections in Ukraine – which would be the first to take place in the country since 2019 – has sparked a...
The Conversation UKby Amy Campbell, PhD Candidate, Climate Disaster Economics, SOAS, University of London27 Aug 2026
When a cyclone destroyed Chompa Munda’s home in coastal Bangladesh in 2019, she and her son went days without food. When the next one came in 2024, her phone lit up hours before it made landfall.
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