Why are London’s schools disappearing? | podcast

[ad_1] Over the past year, the number of schoolchildren enrolled at schools in inner London boroughs has been falling at an alarming rate. Headteachers in areas such as Lambeth, Camden and Southwark are finding that it is hitting their funding and making it impossible for some schools to remain open. The Guardian’s senior economics commentator … Read more

Kashmir’s Disappearing Mesaharati

Kashmir’s Disappearing Mesaharati

[ad_1] The digitized twenty-first century has bestowed almost everything upon the cell phone to the extent that it has replaced more than 50 things. While the Ramzan drummers were competing with the mosque loudspeakers, the mobile phone alarms have led to their decline in Kashmir villages and towns, reports Raashid Andrabi Asked what he misses … Read more

Whatever happened to middle age? The mysterious case of the disappearing life stage

Whatever happened to middle age? The mysterious case of the disappearing life stage

[ad_1] Amid all the recent commentary about John Cleese resurrecting Fawlty Towers, one fact struck me as even more preposterous than the setting’s proposed relocation to a Caribbean boutique hotel: when the original series aired, Cleese was only 35 years old. When it comes to screen culture, middle age isn’t what it used to be. … Read more