Richard Windsor

London

Digital Editor at Rouleur

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Editing digitally part-time @rouleur and other freelance bits for @TheWeekUK. Previously digital editor @cyclingweekly

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Labour and the so-called 'banter ban'

1 day ago | theweek.com | Richard Windsor

The Labour government's Employment Rights Bill will amount to a "banter ban" if it's allowed to go ahead, critics have said. A particular passage of the bill, which addresses "harassment by third parties", is being seen in some quarters as an effective ban on "discussion of sensitive subjects such as religion or views on transgender rights", said Jessica Elgot in The Guardian. The government says that particular clause is designed to protect workers from sexual harassment by customers.
Qatargate: Benjamin Netanyahu's toughest scandal yet

1 week ago | theweek.com | Richard Windsor

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far remained impervious to the controversies that have dogged his career. But the question of how a foreign power viewed as an enemy to Israel was able to infiltrate the highest levels of his government could prove a scandal too far. "Qatargate" focuses on an investigation into two of his close aides receiving payments from the Qatari government to give the country favourable publicity in Israel and internationally.
Benjamin Netanyahu's Qatar problem

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Richard Windsor

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Benjamin Netanyahu has called the accusations against his advisers a 'political witch hunt'. | Credit: Illustration by Stephen Kelly / Getty Images / ShutterstockIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far remained impervious to the controversies that have dogged his career.
Blue Origin all-female flight: one giant leap back for womankind?

1 week ago | theweek.com | Richard Windsor

An all-female crew has journeyed to the edge of space for the first time in 60 years. But, while Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was showered with praise for her solo mission in 1963, the women on this week's Blue Origin flight have attracted almost universal criticism. The 11-minute trip was a "morally vacuous" stunt for Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company owned by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, said Jessica Grose in The New York Times.
Can Taiwan still rely on the US?

1 week ago | theweek.com | Richard Windsor

The island of Taiwan has long trusted in US support in the face of aggression from China. But, in the "new, unpredictable era" of Donald Trump upending global relationships, Taiwan finds itself looking for new security allies while "trying to keep Trump happy", said NikkeiAsia. Why is Taiwan worried about US support?
The return of the dire wolf after 10,000 years of extinction

2 weeks ago | theweek.com | Richard Windsor

A "de-extinction" company says it has revived the long-eradicated dire wolf species using a new gene-editing technology. The US start-up, Colossal Biosciences, said it had used "end-to-end de-extinction technology" to take DNA from a "13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull" to create three "healthy dire wolf puppies".
Hollywood's new affection for the British smile

4 weeks ago | theweek.com | Richard Windsor

Sparkling white, flawlessly straight teeth have long been thought of as a key ingredient for a perfect smile among the rich and famous. Now, however, it seems a more natural and characterful set of British gnashers is in vogue in Hollywood. Rising actor Aimee Lou Wood, star of the latest series of "The White Lotus", is among those with a unique and unaltered smile who are setting the new trend.
Did Vladmir Putin Just Play Donald Trump?

1 month ago | rsn.org | Richard Windsor

ALSO SEE: Putin's 'Ceasefire' — Is Russia Still Bombing Ukraine? The Russian president rejected a full ceasefire after long conversation with his US counterpartJust hours after the White House announced that Vladimir Putin had agreed to a temporary ceasefire on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Russia launched air strikes targeting exactly that.
Polar scares: assault in the Antarctic

1 month ago | theweek.com | Richard Windsor

Scientists working on a remote Antarctica research station have pleaded to be rescued after accusing one of their team of assault. The nine-person team had only just arrived for a 13-month overwinter mission at South Africa's Sanae IV Antarctic base when officials in Pretoria received an email saying a team member had become violent. The man was "accused of physical assault, sexual harassment and 'deeply disturbing behaviour'", said Newsweek. Things have settled a little since then.
Did Vladmir Putin just play Donald Trump?

1 month ago | theweek.com | Richard Windsor

Just hours after the White House announced that Vladimir Putin had agreed to a temporary ceasefire on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Russia launched air strikes targeting exactly that. It calls into question the Trump administration's "first real foray into wartime diplomacy" and whether or not it has been "hopelessly bluffed" by the Kremlin, said CNN's international security correspondent, Nick Paton Walsh.