Tag Archives: London

10Apr/23

Good Friday Agreement: the early 1990s back-channel between the IRA and British government that made peace possible

April 10, 2023PoliticsBill Clinton, Brendan Duddy, British MPs, Creative Commons, Derry, George Mitchell, Harold Wilson, Ireland, Irish hunger strike, Irish Republican Army, Irish republicanism, Irish republicans, John Chilcot, John Major, London, Lynch, Martin McGuinness, Members of the Northern Ireland Forum, Niall Dochartaigh, Niall Ó Dochartaigh, Northern Ireland, O'Doherty family, Patrick Mayhew, Robert McLaren, Sinn Féin, United Kingdom, United States, William Whitelawadmin

Niall Ó Dochartaigh, University of Galway

In February 1990, in the midst of the Troubles, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness publicly invited the British government to reopen a back-channel used during previous phases of contact with the IRA in the 1970s and during the 1981 hunger strike.

If [the British government] think there is something to be lost by stating publicly how flexible they would be, or how imaginative, we are saying they should tell us privately … there is an avenue which they are aware of whereby they can make what imaginative steps they are thinking about known to the Republican movement.

It was a crucial early step on the road to the Good Friday Agreement.

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04Apr/23

Virgin Atlantic Brings London to NYC with “Taxi For Takeoff”

April 4, 2023TransportAirbus A330, Airbus A330neo, Aircraft, Aviation, British Air Transport Association, British brands, John F. Kennedy International Airport, London, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Richard Branson, Transport, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Groupadmin

This week, Virgin Atlantic’s brand new A330neo touched down at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and to showcase the amazing experience customers can expect on board this route to London, the airline has been delighting customers in Manhattan with a unique “Taxi For Takeoff” experience. The distinctive Virgin red hackney carriage picked up customers around the city, surprising them with a special guest appearance from founder Sir Richard Branson. Continue reading

03Apr/23

AI will soon become impossible for humans to comprehend – the story of neural networks tells us why

April 3, 2023InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Artificial neural networks, Beatrice Fazi, bell laboratories, Bing, Carver Mead, Cognitive science, Computational neuroscience, Creative Commons, Cybernetics, David Beer, David Rumelhart, Deep learning, Edward Rosenfeld, Emerging technologies, Harry Collins, IBM, Jack D. Cowan, James Anderson, Jay McClelland, Katherine Hayles, Larry Hardesty, Leon N. Cooper, London, Machine learning, Mead, Microsoft, Neural network, Richard Waters, SHUTTERSTOCK, Stephen Grossberg, Taina Bucher, Teuvo Kohonen, Walter J. Freeman, Walter Pitts, Warren McCulloch, Wilfred Taylor, Yann LeCunadmin

David Beer, University of York

In 1956, during a year-long trip to London and in his early 20s, the mathematician and theoretical biologist Jack D. Cowan visited Wilfred Taylor and his strange new “learning machine”. On his arrival he was baffled by the “huge bank of apparatus” that confronted him. Cowan could only stand by and watch “the machine doing its thing”. The thing it appeared to be doing was performing an “associative memory scheme” – it seemed to be able to learn how to find connections and retrieve data.

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30Mar/23

MAYA JAMA IS REVEALED AS RIMMEL LONDON’S NEW GLOBAL BRAND AMBASSADOR

March 30, 2023CelebrityCoty, Inc., London, Maya Jama, Rimmeladmin

The suspense is over! In the BIGGEST news in beauty, Maya Jama is today named as the NEW GLOBAL BRAND AMBASSADOR for Rimmel London. The truly iconic partnership sees Maya taking on the hugely coveted role as the face of Rimmel across the world. The alliance will continue to propel the entrepreneur, TV and radio broadcaster on her way to stardom and cement Rimmel as the ultimate go-to brand for bold style setters. Continue reading

27Mar/23

How Black children in England’s schools are made to feel like the way they speak is wrong

March 27, 2023SocialAmanda Spielman, Articles, Benjamin Zephaniah, Creative Commons, Critical theory, Derron Wallace, Discrimination, Human behavior, Humans, Ian Cushing, Institutional racism, Joy, London, Michael Gove, Post-structuralism, Racism, Remi Joseph-Salisbury, SHUTTERSTOCK, Social inequality, Social privilege, Sociolinguistics, United Kingdom, Word gapadmin

Ian Cushing, Edge Hill University

Whiteness is an invention of the modern, colonial age. It refers to the racialisation of white people and the disproportionate privilege – social, linguistic, economic, political – that comes with this. Crucially, as an invention, whiteness is not innate – it is taught.

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24Mar/23

Women only gained access to the London Stock Exchange in 1973 – why did it take so long?

March 24, 2023FinanceAberdeen, Amy Elizabeth Bell, Australian Securities Exchange, Bradford, Budapest Stock Exchange, Creative Commons, Economy of London, Edith Midgley, Finance, Financial markets, Glasgow, Huddersfield, James Taylor, Julia Hoggett, London, London Stock Exchange, Manchester, Money, Muriel Bailey, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stock, Stock exchange, Stock market, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Thomas Mortimer, United Kingdom, United States, Victoria Woodhulladmin

James Taylor, Lancaster University

On March 26 1973, the London Stock Exchange admitted its first female members. This followed years of resistance, with London trailing behind other smaller exchanges around the UK.

That women had been excluded for so long was not only due to institutional misogyny. Research has shown how finance was imagined in sexist terms for centuries. And despite the extraordinary accomplishments of prominent female figures over the past 50 years, these biased beliefs persist to this day.

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22Mar/23

Casey review: key steps the Met police must take to address its institutional racism and sexism

March 22, 2023CrimeAnti-corporate activism, Articles, Baroness Casey, Civil rights and liberties, Creative Commons, David Carrick, Dissent, Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, John Fox, Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, London, Louise Casey, Mark Rowley, Murder of Stephen Lawrence, Police, Prevention, Sarah Everard, Stephen Lawrence, United Kingdom, Wales, Wayne Couzens, Whistleblower, William MacPherson, Workplace bullyingadmin

John Fox, University of Portsmouth

Baroness Louise Casey has found that London’s Metropolitan police force is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. We heard similar 24 years ago when, after the incompetent investigation into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, Sir William MacPherson reported that the Met was institutionally racist.

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16Mar/23

Reminder: 2Gather: London

March 16, 2023Innovation.google, Alphabet Inc., Artificial intelligence, Bruno Aziza, Calendar, Digital media, Financial technology, Internet search engines, London, Online advertising, Websites, World Wide Web, Yahooadmin

Here are the event details:

Date & time

Thu, Mar 16, 4:00 PM (GMT)Add to Google · Outlook · iCal · Yahoo

Address

Now Online Only – . ., .

Virtual event URL

https://events.c2cglobal.com/j/87t64eqf3xqat/

About this event

*Note: Due to the continuing changes with the rail strike in and around London, we have made the decision to change the 2Gather: London event that will take place on March 16th to an all virtual event.*

For this special financial services and fintech event, we’re excited to have Bruno Aziza, Head of Data & Analytics, Google Cloud over from sunny California to lead conversations with customers sharing their stories about Google Cloud and the value it brings to their businesses.

Come to this virtual event to:

Ask questions of Bruno Aziza and key participants as they present a “fireside chat” on the challenges the financial services industry currently faces.
Participate in sessions with our partners.

See you there!

Questions?

13Mar/23

Uncovering the secret religious and spiritual lives of sex workers

March 13, 2023Human InterestAllah, Amy, Belgium, Benedikta Fones, Brussels, Creative Commons, Daisy Matthews, Gemma Ahearne, Human behavior, Human sexuality, Human trafficking, Humans, Islam Zahra, Italy, Jane Pilcher, Khan, London, Lopatin Lre, Melissa Gira Grant, Mia Khalifa, NORSE, Northern Ireland, Pagan, Prostitution, Romania, Sex industry, Sex work, Sex workers' rights, Sexual consent, SHUTTERSTOCK, So Zahra, Take Amy, Tanya, Thailand, Transgender sex worker, United Kingdom, United States, Vandoorne Maya, Veniceadmin

Daisy Matthews, Nottingham Trent University and Jane Pilcher, Nottingham Trent University

Tanya* is telling me just how important her Methodist Christianity is to her. We’re chatting over a video call, and I can see Tanya’s living room in the background. This also happens to be her workspace because Tanya, who is 50, is a full-time phone and cam sex worker. For Tanya, earning her living through sex work does not conflict with her religious beliefs at all. Tanya tells me that she had a client who talked to her about his enjoyment of wearing women’s clothing. He confided in her because they both shared the same religious identity.

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13Mar/23

HSBC will acquire the assets of SVB UK. Deposits will be protected

March 13, 2023FinanceBank, British brands, Companies, Economy, Finance, Financial services, HSBC, Investment banks, Jeremy Hunt, London, Silicon Valley Bank, SVB UK, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, United Kingdomadmin

Here’s the HM Treasury statement:

Silicon Valley Bank (UK) Ltd has today been sold to HSBC. HSBC is headquartered in London, is the largest bank in Europe and is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services institutions, serving 39 million customers globally. Customers of SVB UK will be able to access their deposits and banking services as normal from today.
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