Expert Comment
Joaquín El Chapo Guzmans escape from a Mexican high security prison - Dr Benjamin Smith
"Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman’s escape from a Mexican high security prison presents both US and Mexican authorities with real challenges."
Government gender pay gap plans a step in the right direction Dr Clare Lyonette
Dr Clare Lyonette, from the 神马福利影片’s Institute for Employment Research, investigates all aspects of work and family including gender and class inequalities.In response to the government’s plans to force large firms to disclose data on the gender pay gap among staff, she said: “Of course it is welcome that the government is introducing new legislation to introduce mandatory reporting on pay for larger organisations, with the purpose of closing the gender pay gap, but there is still a long way to go."
Characterizing the Chinese Stock Market - Professor Qing Wang
"The recent stock market turmoil in China has alarmed the West and put the economic and political credibility of the Chinese government on the line."
"No reason to believe that Bird Flu is a threat to humans" - Prof Andrew Easton
“The confirmed case of H7N7, otherwise known as bird flu, in Lancashire is a concern because of the potential threat to the UK poultry industry. There is no reason at this stage to believe that there is a threat to humans either directly by infection with the virus or indirectly by the presence of the virus in food."
With the passing of Omar Sharif, one of the quintessential masculine stars of the 1960s, has now gone - Stella Bruzzi FBA Professor of Film and Television Studies
"With the passing of Omar Sharif, one of the quintessential masculine stars of the 1960s, has now gone. In a very different mould to say Connery as James Bond, Sharif encapsulated the masculinity of the exotic: dark, mysterious, with watery come-to-bed eyes and definitely dangerous to know. In Lawrence of Arabia, he was pitted against another of cinema's masculine archetypes - the pent up, dashing British gentleman in Peter O'Toole in the title role." - Says Professor Stella Bruzzi