Duffy wrote novels, plays and poetry, campaigned for gay rights, and was a ‘tireless advocate’ for authors’ rights
Maureen Duffy, author of more than 60 works and a pioneering activist for gay rights …
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England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade ⊖
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Report says lack of provision is harmful to health and damaging for high streets
The number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14% in a decade, harming public health and creating vast swathes …
Congratulations to the Artemis II crew – but the case for sending astronauts into space is rapidly shrinking | Martin Rees and Donald Goldsmith ⊕⊕
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Soon, thanks to the advance of robots, the only reason left to send humans to the moon will be as an ultra-expensive sport
Martin Rees is the astronomer royal and a former president of the Royal Socie…
It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher ⊕⊕
It’s a world of bottom quarks and arsole compounds – so why is science still so serious? Levity can make it all a lot easier to understand
Science is an infamously dry endeavour. The noble practice se…
4 months ago
A Yugoslav princess, her Welsh business partner and a £50,000 'scam' hatched in council house ⊕
When wealthy retired doctor Dr Robin Russell-Jones met Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia at the Royal Society of Arts in London , he felt good reason to trust her and her business partner.
6 months ago
Royal Society president reignites Elon Musk row by defending lack of action ⊖⊖
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Society should only eject fellows for fraud or other defects in their research, says Paul Nurse
The president of the Royal Society has reignited a row over Elon Musk’s association with the body by arg…
‘Lots of people don’t want to do it’: Paul Nurse on his controversial second term as Royal Society president ⊕
The Nobel prize winner discusses claims of a ‘boys’ club’, Elon Musk’s fellowship and rightwing attacks on science
Paul Nurse is a turn up for the books. A Nobel prize-winning geneticist, former direc…
7 months ago
Elif Shafak named new president of the Royal Society of Literature ○
The British-Turkish writer was elected after a vote among the society’s fellows, with outgoing president Bernardine Evaristo describing her selection as ‘terrifically inspired’
Novelist Elif Shafak ha…
8 months ago
Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn ⊖⊖
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Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
Solar geoengineering could increase the ferocity of North Atlantic hurricanes, cause…
10 months ago
Musk's fellowship of Royal Society in doubt after Unite the Kingdom rally address ○
The world's most prestigious scientific body raised concerns about the "language of violence" at the march.