Public health authorities need to understand the specific reasons for ‘vaccine hesitancy’ among BAME communities – but they should also not ignore public health measures that have worked historically in building the high levels of trust in vaccination currently enjoyed in the United Kingdom.
Any engagement strategies on the part of the West in the current crisis in Belarus must take into account the lasting importance of Soviet legacy in shaping contemporary social and political attitudes there.
An appropriate response to the government's recent updated guidance on the flying of the Union Jack would be for all of us to take control of the flag and not allow any political faction to set the agenda on its meaning and uses.
The UK cultural sector’s experience of being cut off from continental Europe in terms of business opportunities and creative work as a result of Brexit, echoes discussions that took place in the 1930s.
H&P co-founder Professor Simon Szreter spoke at the Department for Work and Pensions conference on 5 October on the subject of "Incentivising an Ethical Economics".
The H&P roundtable organised by Dr Henry Irving (Leeds Beckett) to explore possible WW2 lessons for the Covid response appears in an On London analysis piece
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