Category Archives: Property
Why eating at work is important – even the odd slice of cake
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. When England’s Food Standards Agency boss Susan Jebb recently compared eating cake at work to passive smoking, office cubicle walls across the land quivered. She told The Times: If nobody brought in cakes into the office, I would…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy: how backroom deals have put controversial Republicans into key roles
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. When California Representative Kevin McCarthy finally earned the speaker’s gavel earlier this month after an unprecedented 15 rounds of votes on the House floor, it required a slew of backdoor deals. McCarthy was tight-lipped about all the concessions…
Chris Hipkins becomes NZ’s new prime minister – there are two ways it can go from here
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern on January 19, the New Zealand Labour Party already has a new leader: Chris Hipkins. The handover from Ardern to Hipkins has been achieved with the same efficiency as the handover…
How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to judge a person on character and not race. In the protracted battle to elect…
the haunted life of Jean Rhys
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The life of Dominican-born writer Jean Rhys is at once well-known and mysterious. Her career dipped and soared across both halves of the last century, across changes of name (Ella Gwendoline “Gwen” Rees Williams, Ella Lenglet, Jean Rhys)…
Disastrous floods in WA – why were we not prepared?
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The devastating floods sweeping through the Kimberley region of Western Australia have caused unimaginable destruction, leaving remote Indigenous communities stranded in its aftermath. Heartbreaking reports detail community members desperately seeking assistance from loved ones in Perth. In one…
What can the Bildungsroman tell us about the Israel and Palestine conflict?
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The reactions to Australia’s decision to reverse the Morrison government’s recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ranged from outrage to endorsement. They confirmed, once again, that the territories involved are intensely contested. They also showed that there…
Are the Clintons actually writing their novels? An expert uses ‘stylometry’ to analyse Hillary and Bill’s writing
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In 2018, former US president Bill Clinton coauthored a novel with James Patterson, the world’s bestselling author. The President is Missing is a typical “Patterson”: a page-turner of a thriller, easy to read, with short chapters and large…
Brazil’s military is supposed to safeguard democracy – yet its threat of intervention hangs over politics
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The sacking of the three buildings comprising the seat of government in Brasilia on January 8 was a reminder of an unresolved tension in the heart of the Brazilian state: the role of the armed forces. As in…
Five ways to reduce your mortgage repayments in 2023 – and why rates have risen so high
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Around 4 million UK households will face higher mortgage costs in 2023 with average monthly payments expected to increase from £750 to £1,000. Banks’ lending rates are directly influenced by the Bank of England’s base rate, which rose…