Risk and danger – time to change systems, not humans?
In June this year, the Mayor of London committed to delivering ‘Vision Zero’ for road injuries. This initiative aims that deaths and serious injuries on the roads should be eliminated in London by 2041. That’s a bold aim: despite falling...
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On bulls, men and risk
Pamplona’s festival of San Fermín is best known for the encierro, or Running of the Bulls Each morning, six fighting bulls are run through the city streets on their way to the bull ring. With them run six steers and...
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Tales of Everyday Drinking: Risk, Alcohol and Government Advice
“My name is …and I’m an alcoholic” – Wednesday, 13 January – 10pm on Channel 5 We have a complicated relationship with alcohol. Many of us are as likely to drink to drown our sorrows as we are to celebrate our successes....
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Why do firefighters take such risky jobs?
Firefighters put their lives on the line to protect other people’s property and lives. Why do they choose to take such dangerous work? Sociologist Matthew Desmond asks this question in his book, On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters, and the...
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In it together or socially distant?