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Being old is the new new

11th August 2021 By GerryBurke

What the papers said in the week ending 7 August 2021

There are straws in the wind that say that appreciation and protection of things old is gaining ground:

  • Whilst supporting innovation, The Church of England does not want to lose the strength of the established: C of E traditionalists launch fight against worship in ‘takeaway, cinema or barn’ | Anglicanism | The Guardian
  • The Repair Shop has touched our fondness for items and skills which have history: BBC One – The Repair Shop
  • Today it’s cool, tomorrow it’s junk. We have to act against our throwaway culture | Jonathan Chapman | The Guardian
  • This is more than romance: Repairing and reusing household goods could create thousands of green jobs across the UK | Green economy | The Guardian
  • And we remember the way things were with respect and affection: The changing art of the subeditor: ‘You had to read the type upside down’ | Newspapers | The Guardian
  • Walter Scott, the 88-year-old Guardian subeditor who was a walking Wikipedia | Letters | The Guardian

But if you are driving an older car beware: some models will not be able to cope with a new formulation of petrol which is being introduced to reduce its climate qualities: E10 fuel: Check before you fill up – it can damage older cars | Motoring | The Guardian

Check if your vehicle can run on E10 petrol – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Covid and policies combine to produce an environment which is hostile to the weakest:

  • Johnson faces rebellion over ‘intolerable’ hunger and poverty in home counties | Poverty | The Guardian
  • Boris Johnson refuses – but what are the rules on when to self-isolate? | Boris Johnson | The Guardian
  • Energy firms join charity push for social tariff to offset fuel poverty | Energy industry | The Guardian
  • Debt and mental health: Covid has increased the pressure but help is available | Borrowing & debt | The Guardian
  • Drug poisoning deaths in England and Wales reach record high | Drugs | The Guardian
  • Smoking-related cancer twice as prevalent among poor in England | Smoking | The Guardian
  • We find that the average adult has been spending a third of their waking lives watching TV or similar: Britons spent third of time watching TV and online videos in 2020 | Ofcom | The Guardian

There is a lobby which would have us make vaccines available to poorer countries rather than provide booster jabs for our own older people, or extending the ‘roll-out’ to even younger people. But there are arguments both ways: UK faces difficult choices on future Covid vaccination strategy | Vaccines and immunisation | The Guardian

  • Fifth of Covid hospital admissions are aged 18-34, says NHS England | Coronavirus | The Guardian
  • Vaccine policies that are ineffective and unethical | Letters | The Guardian

We have learned that Covid-19 is a virus which spreads to more than the respiratory system. But we do believe that wearing masks indoors is protective: Covid discoveries: what we know now that we didn’t know before | Coronavirus | The Guardian

The impact on societies is destructively dangerous: ‘New wave of volatility’: Covid stirs up grievances in Latin America | Coronavirus | The Guardian

Evidence of environmental instability mounts day by day and around the world: Eight dead as wildfires continue to rage across southern Europe | Wildfires | The Guardian

  • Last month was worst July for wildfires on record, say scientists | Wildfires | The Guardian
  • Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse | Climate change | The Guardian

Other matters:

Lessons of the damaging effects of the ‘hostile environment’ and enforced repatriation seem not to have the influence they might: Home Office challenged over ‘sped-up’ removal of Vietnamese nationals | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

There are concerns that a mechanism to fast-track approval of potentially important new drugs has not always been used prudently. The recent case of an anti-dementia drug comes to mind for consideration FDA allows drugs without proven clinical benefit to languish for years on accelerated pathway | BMJ

But there is hope for effective treatment of certain brain tumours: Trial to test if cannabis-based mouth spray can treat brain tumours | Cancer | The Guardian

Further studies confirm the risk of dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders amongst professional footballers: we now know that defenders have the greatest risk and goalkeepers the least. Long service – beyond 5 years – adds to the risk. Football should consider eliminating heading, dementia expert says | Football | The Guardian

  • Association of Field Position and Career Length With Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease in Male Former Professional Soccer Players | Neurology | JAMA Neurology | JAMA Network
  • State of the art genetic research is teaching us more about the timing of the menopause: Genetic secret to age women start menopause discovered | Menopause | The Guardian

Another sort of science assures us that grand-parenting is valued in other herd species: Giraffe grandmothers are high-value family members, say scientists | Mammals | The Guardian

Therapy via the internet has been the only option for many during the pandemic – Not a panacea, but an option likely to retain a position: Therapy via Zoom should make mental healthcare available for all – it hasn’t | Hannah Zeavin | The Guardian

Some are already keen to take to the waters in a big ship: ‘Lovely to be back onboard’: Princess cruise ships return to sea | Travel & leisure | The Guardian

 

David Jolley        

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We use words all the time.  Words of welcome.  Words of wisdom.  Words of warmth.  Words of warning.  Words of wistfulness.  Our words are wasted if words are just words.   In the beginning was the Word.  And the Word was with God.  And the Word was God.  Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him.   The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The Word made things happen.

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