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 …
61 days ago
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…
68 days ago
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…
86 days 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.
4 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…
6 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…
7 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…
8 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.