Spotify faces the music amid Rogan row January 31, 2022 How the streaming giant may have taken its podcast push too far
Furlough scheme protects route back to work for young Brits January 31, 2022 The furlough scheme shielded young Brits from the worst economic impact of the pandemic, allowing them to return to work rapidly, reveals a fresh study released today. Despite fears over a wave of redundancies after the furlough scheme was wound down at the end of September, three in four young people who were unemployed during [...]
Editorial: These “tax-cutting Conservatives” seem very keen on hiking taxes January 30, 2022 If it quacks like a high-tax duck and talks like a high-tax duck, it is difficult to believe that it is fact anything but a high-tax duck. So it is with Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, who professed this weekend to be “tax-cutting Conservatives” in a column confirming they were dead set on hiking national [...]
Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young asking Spotify to remove her songs over Covid row January 29, 2022 Joni Mitchell has joined Neil Young and asked Spotify to remove all of her discography following a row with podcaster Joe Rogan over Covid misinformation. “I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” the author of ‘Both Sides Now’ and ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ said on her website last night. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies [...]
Letters: Workforce for the future January 28, 2022 [Re: Andy Haldane comments on re-skilling the workforce, yesterday] Andy Haldane, head of the levelling up task force, said yesterday that the government must invest in a huge program of re-skilling the workforce. In the UK at the moment, vacancies are at a record high. At the same time, we see great swathes of graduates [...]
Ollie Phillips: Absent internationals will help and hinder Premiership clubs January 28, 2022 I’m in Seville for the World Sevens Series, whetting my appetite for the festival of international rugby that is the Six Nations. It’s the best championship on the planet, and what will be interesting this year is how the Premiership clubs cope with losing internationals. Only Worcester failed to get a player in the England [...]
It’s more important than ever for you to get vaccinated January 28, 2022 The Covid-19 vaccine has already saved thousands of lives – and if you haven’t had it yet, it’s not too late. The arrival of a new variant – Omicron – has made it more important than ever that we all pitch in. In particular, the booster jab is vital, offering more protection against Omicron than [...]
University puts trigger warning on Harry Potter January 28, 2022 The English department at the University of Chester have issued a trigger warning on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, saying it could lead “difficult conversations about gender, race, sexuality, class, and identity”. As part of a first year module, “Approaches to Literature” module, freshers are required to read JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book [...]
England coach says ‘we will get on with the job’ amid absentees January 27, 2022 England head coach Eddie Jones insists his team will “get on with the job” despite an injury crisis ahead of next week’s Six Nations. Jones’s side, who begin their campaign on 5 February against Scotland at Murrayfield, have been dogged by a series of setbacks, including captain Owen Farrell being ruled out with ankle surgery [...]
Spotify removes Neil Young tunes following Rogan vaccine row January 27, 2022 In a growing sign that the biggest digital tech platforms are becoming effective publishers, Spotify vows to remove Neil Young following a feud over podcaster Joe Rogan’s false Covid claims. In an open letter to his manager and record label this week, Young demanded that his songs be removed from the streaming platform, after he [...]