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Nov 1, 2024 | 
tandfonline.com | Ross Wilson
ABSTRACTThis article examines how effigies were used in Britain after the signing of the Armistice in November 1918. Effigies of Kaiser Wilhelm, the Crown Prince and members of the German High Command were paraded through the streets of villages, towns and cities as part of celebrations for the cessation of hostilities. These figures were physically and verbally abused, hanged on gibbets, displayed from shop windows, placed on trial and ‘executed’ by hanging and public burning.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
apal.org.au | Ross Wilson
Published on October 23, 2024Research & ExtensionWhat is done over the next two to three months will largely determine the success of the 2025 harvest. The key components of crop load, vigour control, pest and disease control are set, with irrigation strategies and nutritional inputs actioned. Venturia inaequalis or V. pririna (apple or pear scab/black spot) protection will now have been underway since early September.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Ross Wilson
On 4 September 2024, the Grenfell Inquiry published its Phase 2
report. The salient findings can be broadly condensed into (1)
issues of systematic dishonesty, (2) deliberate and sustained
strategies to manipulate testing processes, (3) conflicts of
interest affecting those who were guardians of the public interest,
(4) prolonged knowledge of risks but a failure to act and (5) a
persistent indifference to fire safety.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
nature.com | Melinda Kliegman |Jonathan H. Esensten |Ross Wilson |Fyodor Urnov
AbstractNineteen genetic therapies have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to date, a number that now includes the first CRISPR genome editing therapy for sickle cell disease, CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel). This extraordinary milestone is widely celebrated because of the promise for future genome editing treatments of previously intractable genetic disorders and cancers.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Ross Wilson
Members of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army pose on top of an armoured vehicle captured from the country’s mlitary, Tatmadaw. APRoss Wilson is the chair of UnionAID, a registered charity which provides development support to workers and unions in a range of countries in the Asia-Pacific, including Myanmar.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Ross Wilson
Covid comes up every so oftenthough much is a blank or a bluror something sour in a cupthat when you swallow you wearthe aftertaste in a grimace. Drop a detail on the floorand like a match tossed to strawdark corners are lit on what we saw:how sick the patients were!Would there be enough ventilators? Were we safe? Anxious yellingdon’t come near me as you ranfor a shower, clothes stuffedinto a dissolvable bag you raminto the machine on a high wash. Sleeping in separate rooms:what if I take it home?
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May 2, 2023 | 
irishnews.com | Ross Wilson
The constitutional debate about the future of this island is often framed in black and white; unity or union, yes or no. While this may once have been the case, poll after poll reveals that there is another important group in the debate on Irish unity besides the Green and the Orange – the Grey.
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Mar 16, 2023 | 
advance-he.ac.uk | Ross Wilson
This blog was originally posted on the former Higher Education Academy website. I have been teaching within the Higher Education sector for ten years since the completion of my doctorate in 2008. This experience has included teaching classes in history, anthropology, archaeology, tourism and heritage studies in institutions in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Mar 4, 2023 | 
inkl.com | Ross Wilson
Rangers fans have unveiled a banner demanding change at the club in the wake of their Viaplay Cup final loss to Celtic. The Light Blues have had a brutal week of reflection in the lead-up to this afternoon's Premiership tussle against Kilmarnock, after their bitter rivals put them to the sword in the League Cup showpiece. It has started well on the bounce back trail with an early goal against Derek McInnes' men but before the match started, a banner appeared in the stand.
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Mar 4, 2023 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Ben Banks |Ross Wilson
Rangers fans have unveiled a banner demanding change at the club in the wake of their Viaplay Cup final loss to Celtic. The Light Blues have had a brutal week of reflection in the lead-up to this afternoon's Premiership tussle against Kilmarnock, after their bitter rivals put them to the sword in the League Cup showpiece. It has started well on the bounce back trail with an early goal against Derek McInnes' men but before the match started, a banner appeared in the stand.
