Arsenal ready to let winger Willian leave on free transfer to Brazilian club Corinthians
Brazilian club Corinthians are interested in signing wantaway Arsenal winger Willian. Metro understands that the 33-year-old is considering a move back to Brazil but would rather stay in Europe if possible as his Arsenal career looks set to be over after just one season at the club. Willian, who moved...
Cheating with statistics: Famous honesty researcher found to have lied to himself with faked data
A landmark study that endorsed a simple way to curb cheating is going to be retracted nearly a decade after a group of scientists found that it relied on faked data. According to the 2012 paper, when people signed an honesty declaration at the beginning of a form, rather than...
Teaching of UN-protected Spanish dialect Silbo in schools guarantees future of whistled language
In essence, people who listen to whistled speech piece together its meaning from fragments of the full speech signal, just as all of us do when listening to someone at a crowded cocktail party. “Regular speech is so complex – there is so much redundant information,” says Fanny Meunier, a...
Whistling: How some traditional cultures use whistled language for long-distance communication
Tourists visiting La Gomera and El Hierro in the Canary Islands can often hear locals communicating over long distances by whistling – not a tune, but the Spanish language. “Good whistlers can understand all the messages,” says David Díaz Reyes, an independent ethnomusicologist and whistled-language researcher and teacher who lives...
Afghan Taliban terror: Women journalists have been prevented from working, some media closed
Big Interview As the Taliban now control the country, the Intonational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) monitoring of the situation on the ground and the many requests for emergency support reveal panic and fear amongst Afghanistan’s media community. Jeremy Dear is the IFJ Deputy General Secretary and is co-ordinating the emergency...
Unpopular Arsenal owners try to appease Gunners’ base with appeal to fans to keep the faith
Stan and Josh Kroenke have sent a rare message to Arsenal fans ahead of their first home game of the Premier League season against Chelsea. The Kroenke family have been unpopular figures at the Emirates since their arrival but have vowed to improve communications with the support base – which...
Willian, Bellerin and Torreira on verge of Arsenal exit as Gunners shed excess fat
Arsenal have their sights set on offloading four further stars before the transfer window closes, and a deal for the first name on that list is reportedly ‘close.’ Arsenal were buoyed in recent days with the news of the double capture of Martin Odegaard and Aaron Ramsdale. Odegaard arrived on...
Tony Blair slams Joe Biden’s ‘imbecilic’ decision to withdraw from Afghanistan
Tony Blair has slammed Joe Biden for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan – 20 years after he took us to war. The former Labour PM said the President’s decision to sign off the pull-out of US and British troops was “imbecilic” and had left jihadists worldwide cheering. Mr Blair tonight...
Nigeria launches secret plan to lure top Boko Haram commanders out of the bush
Editor’s note: This story was based on six months of reporting and research. Government officials, former jihadists, analysts, journalists, displaced people, and civil society workers were interviewed, but nearly all asked to have their names withheld or altered due to security concerns. Malam Aliyu* lives in a neat, two-bedroom house...
Tackling post-PhD imposter syndrome: Struggle is normal, but accepting reality gives you a sense of control
As a PhD student, my research involved doctoral education as well as postdoctoral careers. In the literature and in interviews with PhD holders, I learnt about the precarity of academic-research careers, the often-toxic culture and the lack of work-life balance. I was also aware of the low salaries and high...
