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I was invited to be a judge on the classical music TV competition show BBC Young Musician (est. 1978)
Jones, Hannah Catherine
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Government by WhatsApp? Transparency, Secrecy and Avoidance during Covid in the UK
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract It has been claimed repeatedly that transparency undermines decision‐making. The fear of disclosure means officials and politicians may not discuss policy fully, are inhibited from giving frank advice, and could avoid proper record keeping. The use of informal communications—particularly the use of WhatsApp—makes all these tensions more likely,
Ben Worthy, Martin Rosenbaum
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CosmeticsSkin pigmentation is regulated by intrinsic and extrinsic factors and is closely associated with melanogenesis and cellular homeostasis. Autophagy is a cellular self-digestion process that contributes to homeostatic regulation, but its role in ...
HwaJeong Ryu, Ho Jae Lim, Jung Eun Park
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The Silence That Could Not Hold: Foreign Policy and the Fall of Keir Starmer
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Keir Starmer's resignation in June 2026 has been narrated almost entirely in domestic terms: the rise of Reform UK, the rout of the May local elections, the winter fuel payment and two‐child benefit cap retreats, the Mandelson appointment. This article argues that such accounts mistake the proximate triggers for the underlying cause.
Tahir Abbas
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Views from the Inside: Reflections on the Modern Hospital
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract There's a constant refrain in the press, on social media and from populist politicians that the NHS is dying on its feet. How accurate is this picture? This article takes a behind‐the‐scenes look at daily life in a modern, big city hospital. The Queen Elizabeth is now the biggest workplace in Birmingham.
Jon Bloomfield
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that the current debate over defence spending in the United Kingdom is fundamentally flawed. Too much emphasis is being placed on preparing for a form of warfare with Russia that is unlikely to occur. As this article points out, the Russians actually want to avoid a traditional battlefield confrontation with NATO.
Rod Thornton
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines Plaid Cymru's historic electoral success in the 2026 Senedd election, winning the most votes and becoming the largest party in Senedd Cymru (the Welsh Parliament) for the first time since the establishment of devolved institutions in 1999.
Anwen Elias
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Constructing a New 9/11: BBC Framing of Israeli Violence in Gaza after October 7
İnsan & ToplumThe events of October 7, 2023, were reflexively framed in Western media discourse as a historical rupture comparable to September 11, 2001, reshaping public interpretations of the war in Gaza.
Hamdullah Baycar, Mehmet Rakipoğlu
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The Independent Football Regulator: An Idea Whose Time Had Come?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Major public policy change is both driven and constrained by consensus and dissensus. As J. W. Kingdon observed, when old agreements falter, new alliances can be built, ‘sometimes very rapidly, by cutting in many and diverse interests’. We show how a peculiar set of circumstances following the Covid pandemic brought together an unusual ...
Geoff Walters +2 more
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A Machiavellian Moment? Devolution and the New Politics of Place
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The Cabinet statement, Rewiring the State, published in July 2026, promises a radical devolution of the British state and a remaking of territorial politics. We review this development and assess its political and historical significance. We argue that the present conjuncture is distinctive because claims of the English North are driving a new
Kevin Morgan, John Tomaney
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