City business school name to change over slavery connection
City, University of London’s Business School is to remove the name of Sir John Cass, due to his links to the slave trade.
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Gyms, pools and team sports to return in England
The government has announced the latest easing of England’s lockdown, with gyms, pools, leisure centres and outdoor sport all set to reopen this month. UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden urged people to “work out to help out”. Outdoor pools will be allowed to reopen from Saturday 11 July, while indoor...
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Government confirms £320m PE premium will continue
The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that the £320 million PE and sport premium will continue next year. The PE premium is a ring-fenced top-up to school funding, first introduced in 2013, which helps ensure that every primary school-age child gets 60 minutes of physical activity a week. School...
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‘Perry Mason’: Chapter Two
Reece Goodall reviews episode two of HBO's 'Perry Mason', praising the strong new introductions to the cast, and musing upon the several realised mysteries yet to be unravelled.
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Coventry City of Culture delayed until May due to coronavirus
Coventry’s city as UK City of Culture has been delayed to started in May 2021, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the organisation team, starting in May instead of the beginning of the year will “allow a fuller programme of
public events”.
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Will Poland’s Duda win a second term?
This year’s Polish elections, that took place on Sunday 28 June, have been extremely interesting. Already bumped from 10 May due to the coronavirus pandemic, this competition had been characterised by extremely close polling. The outcome was nowhere near certain, but the result is a run-off between the two major...
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Several players withdraw from Snooker World Championship
Snooker’s governing body, the World Snooker Tour, has confirmed that “several” players have withdrawn from this year’s Snooker World Championship. According to reports in China, up to 10 players have declined the opportunity to take part in the tournament, citing concerns regarding travel, and the quarantine regulations for coronavirus. It...
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‘Perry Mason’: Chapter One
Reece Goodall reviews the first episode of HBO's 'Perry Mason', questioning the resemblance between the original and the reboot, and reflecting on the episode's dark tone after an awful crime.
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Academic ‘solidarity’ needed to save gender studies from far-right, warns German judge
Academics should show more “solidarity” towards colleagues working in subjects such as gender studies, one of Germany’s constitutional court judges has warned.
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A tale of 2 metres: how the shopping experience has changed
With a variety of new restrictions put in place to protect customers when the shops opened a few weeks ago, Reece Goodall shares his experience of the new normal when it comes to shopping.
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The ‘Punch-Out!!’ series captures the essence of boxing
Over lockdown, I’ve been playing a lot of games to pass the time. In the absence of live sport, I’ve been revisiting the ‘Punch-Out!!’ series. They may be cartoon boxing games, but they’re perhaps the best representation of the sport ever put to a console. Here’s a look at the...
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‘Athlete A’: Inside sport’s biggest sexual abuse scandal
Netflix’s new documentary, Athlete A, is an upsetting watch. It details the horrific abuse suffered by young US gymnasts at the hands of team doctor Larry Nassar, and looks at the Indianapolis Star’s investigating into USA Gymnastic (USAG). It asks some big questions – what did it take to bring...
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