3 d. ago Academic freedom in the US is under threat – universities of the world, unite! | Andrew Graham

We cannot be neutral with respect to fake news, misinformation or outright liesIn western academia, everything began with philosophy. Ever since, especially since the Enlightenment and the scientific revolution of the 17th century, there has been a long, centrifugal process, with discipline after discipline making its distinctive contribution and marking out its methods and its domain of inquiry. Raphael’s painting The School of Athens displays this perfectly, with the two great philosophers Plato and Aristotle in the centre. Yet even here, Raphael points at the specialisation of knowledge that is about to explode. Plato points upwards, symbolising his interest in the timelessness of metaphysics. Aristotle gestures downwards, emphasising his interest in the empirical.Today, at university, students and researchers focus on a single sub-branch of, say, modal logic, labour economics or organic chemistry. Knowledge has accumulated and fragmented. Renaissance men (or women) are almost no...

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3 d. ago The Chase's Shaun Wallace wows fans as he showcases impressive weight loss in topless bathroom video after major health setback

Shaun, 64, who is known as The Dark Destroyer on the ITV show, has decided to embark on lifestyle overhaul, changing his diet and exercising more.

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4 d. ago Is scurvy common in modern times? As Robbie Williams reveals diagnosis of 'pirate disease'

Robbie Williams has revealed his diagnosis of the '17th Century pirate disease'- but how did he manage that in our day and age?

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4 d. ago Robbie Williams reveals he was diagnosed with scurvy after losing two stone

The Rock DJ singer, 51, has spoken out about his various health battles over the past year, revealing the physical affects of a weight loss drug.

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4 d. ago Robbie Williams troubled by return of depression after 10 years

Pop star, who is currently preparing to head out on a huge tour, said the return of his mental health issues was ‘confusing’

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4 d. ago Robbie Williams has to overhaul diet after getting '17th century pirate disease'

Robbie says that he found the return of his depression particularly hard to deal with when he thought he had his mental health under control.

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5 d. ago Robbie Williams reveals he suffered debilitating bout of depression at start of this year

Robbie Williams has revealed that he suffered a debilitating bout of depression at the start of this year - a decade after his last bad mental health episode. 

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5 d. ago Robbie Williams hit by '17th century pirate disease' and forced to overhaul diet

Exclusive: Superstar Robbie Williams opens up to the Mirror ahead of his huge new tour in a wide-ranging interview covering mental health, family life and Oasis

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5 d. ago Robbie Williams makes huge move to heal rift with Oasis after years

Robbie Williams extended an olive branch to help heal his rift with Oasis as he spoke in a new interview on Monday.

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5 d. ago Robbie Williams 'sad' after first bout of depression in years

Exclusive: Superstar Robbie Williams opens up to the Mirror ahead of his massive new tour in a wide-ranging interview covering mental health, family life and Oasis

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5 d. ago Robbie Williams calls Oasis reunion 'nostalgia on steroids' as he sets out to become the 'greatest entertainer on the planet'

"I think that for British people - and Manchester - it will be a very important moment"

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6 d. ago As a white Afrikaner, I can claim asylum in Trump’s America. What an absurdity | Max du Preez

We are not victims, there is no genocide. This rhetoric shows that the US administration doesn’t understand my thriving countryI am a blue-blood Afrikaner, at least in terms of ancestry: both my grandfathers were young Boer soldiers in the Anglo-Boer war and I am directly related to the president of the old Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger. I am a descendant of Dutch, French and German settlers who were brought to the southern tip of Africa in the 17th century. Unlike other colonial societies in Africa, my ancestors never left.They occupied the whole country, displacing and oppressing the Indigenous inhabitants. Eventually, their concept of white supremacy developed into a formal state policy, apartheid. The UN classified this as a crime against humanity. Miraculously, my country has been a thriving democracy and open society ever since the formal end of apartheid in 1994.Max du Preez was the founding editor of Vrye Weekblad, an anti-apartheid, Afrikaans weekly newspaper Continue rea...

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1 week ago Gemma Collins' diet overhaul as Jedward gush over her 'Alice in Wonderland' transformation

EXCLUSIVE: Jedward have opened up on their pal Gemma Collins' new look, after they spent Christmas together at the former TOWIE star's Essex home, and reveal how she's achieved her incredible transformation

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1 week ago Ayda Fields bursts into tears immediately after seeing Robbie Williams comment

Pop legend and dad-of-four Robbie Williams, 51, left people welling up on Mother's Day after previously detailing how his mother Janet has been diagnosed with dementia

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2 w. ago Henry Gibbs painting looted by Nazis to be returned to Jewish art dealer’s family

Samuel Hartveld’s great-grandchildren to welcome back stolen 17th-century painting that was sold to Tate BritainA 17th-century painting by Henry Gibbs that was looted by the Nazis and has been in the Tate collection in the UK for the past 31 years is to be returned to the descendants of a Jewish art collector.Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy was stolen by the Nazis from a gallery in Antwerp, Belgium, after its owner, Samuel Hartveld, was forced to flee in May 1940, eight months after the start of the second world war. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 17th century painting looted by Nazis to be returned by Tate Britain

A 17th-century painting looted by Nazis from the home of a Jewish Belgian art collector is being returned to his family by Tate Britain.

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2 w. ago ‘This is for grassroots music’: The Lottery Winners celebrate number one album

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham congratulated them and said he was a ‘big fan’.

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3 w. ago I travelled 2,000 miles from Italy to the tip of Spain – on horseback

I had to brave wolves, bitter weather and mountain passes during my epic journey, but it was transformativeBefore riding a horse across the Ligurian Alps in north-west Italy, I had never heard the phrase “in bocca al lupo” (into the wolf’s mouth). An idiom of good luck, in the same vein as saying “break a leg” to a performer, the words passed the lips of almost every stranger I met. As we travelled through these little-known mountains, the message began to take on a whole other meaning: a call to embrace the unknown, wolves and all.I was on an ambitious journey – from Siena in Tuscany roughly 2,000 miles to the north-west tip of Spain at Finisterre, which literally means “the end of the earth”. I thought that a perfect place to finish. The idea came while working in London as a stable boy and (out of work) actor. Restless and desperate for a sense of purpose, I came across a copy of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s 17th-century picaresque adventure. It lit my imagination and a que...

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3 w. ago Scottish estate dating back to 1600s with 'lovely grounds' reopens for spring

A fascinating Scottish estate dating back to the 17th century has reopened its doors to the public.

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3 w. ago Stunning 17th century farmhouse with land and outbuildings is the picture perfect dream rural home

Perfect blend of character, history and beautifully renovated space hidden in a glorious rural spot

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