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Accent and class
Is it classist to stop Geordies using the term of endearment 'pet'?
A history of Received Pronunciation
How did Received Pronunciation come about?
Outdoor smoking ban
Is banning smoking outdoors good for our health or state overreach?
When the Nazis banned smoking
Why did the Nazis launch the first anti-smoking campaign in history and how did it work?
Snow White and the dwarfism debate
Are the seven dwarfs perpetuating dangerous stereotypes or harmless fantasy figures?
What is dwarfism?
Dr Melita Irving gives a medical perspective on the term 鈥渄warfism鈥
Coconuts, race and hate speech
Is it racist for a person of colour to call someone a coconut? Should it be a crime?
The origins of racial terms like 鈥渃oconut鈥
Making sense of the words used to claim people are being ethnically inauthentic
Claims children are identifying as animals
Are the claims true? What are 'furries'? And is it all really about gender identity?
What are 鈥渇urries鈥?
Furry fandom, 鈥渇ursonas鈥, and the people who identify with animal characters
Pop stars, boundaries and toxic fandom
Music artists are cancelling gigs to protect their mental health. What do they owe fans?
How pop stars make money
The business of music has been radically transformed in recent decades
Breeding for Britain
The falling birth rate has prompted debates about women鈥檚 bodies and also immigration.
What is 鈥楾he Great Replacement鈥 theory?
The evolution of a conspiracy theory