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News and features
History: What the Bayeux embroidery lets us see—and what it hides
Section: HistoryThe Bayeux embroidery is evidence, argument and skilled labour at once. Reading its images carefully means attending to its material detail, political story and consequential silences.
Art and Culture: What belongs in a museum of stories?
Section: Art and CultureAs the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles, its mixture of comics, murals, film objects and fine art tests who gets to define cultural value.
Health: A second route to being heard in A&E
Section: HealthMartha’s Rule is being extended across English emergency departments. The central question is whether a formal escalation route can change care without becoming a substitute for routine listening.
Mental Health: When access shapes the diagnosis map
Section: Mental HealthNew figures on disability support for young autistic people and those with ADHD reveal geography, resources and routes through institutions—not a simple map of prevalence.
Research and reviews
BERA publishes Beyond Correct Answers: AI, SEND and meaningful participation in mathematics
A new BERA report by Alastair Amos and Steven Watson explores when generative AI supports students with SEND in mathematics—and why teacher mediation remains crucial.
A meaningful coincidence still needs an explanation
Angus McCoss explains meaningful coincidence through signs and hidden feedback. The harder question is how to distinguish a causal pathway from a compelling interpretation.
Why recognising a problem does not always change what happens next
An organisation can record a difficulty while leaving its next decision unchanged. AE asks whose work bridges that gap and how change becomes possible.
What does refusing AI make visible?
Faisal Saeed Malik treats resistance to AI as possible evidence about who can interpret, challenge and reshape computational authority. A critical reading asks what would make that diagnosis reliable.
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