Writing for The Conversation
25 Feb 2025
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- The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea Sheena Cruickshank and co-author
- Bob Dylan just finished what could be his last tour – but remains a defiant artist forging new ideas James Fenwick
- From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites? Milo Gough
- 6 best African sci-fi and fantasy books to read Carl Death and co-authors
- Labour’s first budget: redistribution away from the rich after over a decade of Conservative rule David Richards and co-authors
- The heroes of Homer’s Iliad are eco-warriors battling to protect nature Wayne Mark Rimmer
- Think your efforts to help the climate don’t matter? African philosophers disagree Patrick Effiong Ben
- The Post Office: an emblem of the UK’s relationship with the state, sliding into dystopia Martin Greenwood
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