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Britain’s quarter century: shrinking families, ethnic tensions and queer winners and losers Original
In this third part in our series on how the UK has changed in the past 25 years, we turn to demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ lives.
England out of the World Cup, but this team may have helped redefine a nation
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England out World Cup, but this team may have helped redefine a nation Original
The football World Cup is often seen as an opportunity to bring different groups within a nation together as they celebrate their team’s achievements. And while the performance of the England side’s young and dynamic squad may not have taken then to the final. There remains something to celebrate. Thomas Tuchel’s squad has offered a vision of England that stands in stark contrast to Downton Abbey-type cultural representations that often feel nostalgic and parochial.
England out of the World Cup, but this team may have helped redefine a nation
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Banal Nationalism, 30 Years On: A Review
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A new approach to understanding crisis communication in sport: a news media analysis of the European super league crisis
ABSTRACT Research Question This article focuses on the significance of stakeholder communication when managing sport crises, moving beyond overly prescriptive and organisation-centric crisis communication frameworks. It asks the following broad research question: How were stakeholders framed according to their connection to and interactions around the European Super League crisis?
Banal Nationalism, 30 Years On-A Review
In this review piece, we would like to offer a number of reflections on Banal Nationalism and, in particular, responses to it, three decades on. First, we would like to provide some context for the development of the Banal Nationalism thesis and then outline some of its key arguments. Here, in particular, we address a central argument of the book that has been perhaps overlooked.
Britain is already becoming an ‘island of strangers’ - but immigration isn’t the driver
By Michael Skey, Lecturer in Media and Communications, Loughborough University Keir Starmer’s recent speech on immigration has generated a good deal of controversy. In announcing a government white paper to cut legal migration, the prime minister said: “Nations depend on rules – fair rules.
Britain is already becoming an ‘island of strangers’ - but immigration isn’t the driver Original
Keir Starmer’s recent speech on immigration has generated a good deal of controversy. In announcing a government white paper to cut legal migration, the prime minister said: “Nations depend on rules – fair rules.
The trouble with England - why rioting in the UK has not spread to Scotland and Wales
The violent unrest that has caused so much damage in the UK has not in fact happened across the UK. It has almost been exclusively confined to England. True, violent riots also took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but, interestingly enough, even there they were largely perpetrated by British loyalists, along with a few far-right extremists from Dublin. The counter-protestors were seemingly mostly drawn from Northern Ireland’s Catholic community.
The trouble with England - why rioting in the UK has not spread to Scotland and Wales
The violent unrest that has caused so much damage in the UK has not in fact happened across the UK. It has almost been exclusively confined to England. True, violent riots also took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but, interestingly enough, even there they were largely perpetrated by British loyalists, along with a few far-right extremists from Dublin. The counter-protestors were seemingly mostly drawn from Northern Ireland’s Catholic community.
Does sportswashing even work?
THE cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by authorities in Australia has led people to question the relevance of a competition based on relations between a fading imperial power and its former dominions. Interestingly, one term that has not been applied to this event is “sportswashing”. This is a curious oversight given that sportswashing has become a recent feature of media reporting around high-profile sporting events, teams and players.
Does sportswashing even work?
The cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by authorities in Australia has led people to question the relevance of a competition based on relations between a fading imperial power and its former dominions. Interestingly, one term that has not been applied to this event is ‘sportswashing’. This is a curious oversight given that sportswashing has become a recent feature of media reporting around high-profile sporting events, teams and players.
Does Sportswashing Even Work?
The cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by authorities in Australia has led people to question the relevance of a competition based on relations between a fading imperial power and its former dominions. Interestingly, one term that has not been applied to this event is “sportswashing.” This is a curious oversight given that sportswashing has become a recent feature of media reporting around high-profile sporting events, teams and players.
Special Issue on Accommodating National Diversity Within States
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Coronavirus reveals how important the nation is to our daily lives
The coronavirus pandemic cuts across borders, cultures and political systems. As the virus spread across the planet, global institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) called for worldwide solidarity, arguing that “we’re all in this together and we can only stop it together”. Despite the very obvious global nature of the pandemic and some of the more humanitarian responses to it, it has often been discussed in terms of national territories, priorities and communities.
How repressive states and governments use 'sportswashing' to remove stains on their reputation
Following the conclusion of the 2018 World Cup with France crowned champions, the tournament as a topic and Russia as the host nation are fading from view. Given the widespread misgivings prior to the tournament about the threat of orchestrated hooligan violence, ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, an appalling domestic rights record borne out by attacks against both political and LGBT activists, and accusations of conducting targeted murders in other countries, this might seem surprising.
Stop sneering at Leave voters. They knew exactly what they were doing.
And so it begins. First, the wailing and the gnashing of teeth and then, the reproaches and the recriminations. It was an act of self-sabotage, a feat of blinding ignorance, a classic case of those unwashed masses not quite knowing what’s good for them. Unfortunately, it’s also a load of nonsense. By and large those who voted leave knew exactly what they were doing. Participants in an unfair fight, this was the chance to finally land a punch that actually drew blood.
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