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Good listening skills can change minds, improve relationships and help build communities. Listening is also a big focus of the work of Nicole Furlonge, professor and director of the Klingenstein Center, Teachers College Columbia University. Last spring, we were fortunate to catch up with Furlonge, who is an astute practitioner and proponent of what she calls “listening leadership,” positioning listening as an essential interpretive and civic act that can lead to deeper engagement wit...

Experiment took place between Dec. 20 and Feb. 1 when British variant rampant  Academics heralded the study as proof we have means to end Covid-19 forever Comes as Israel reopened economy over the weekend with gyms, hotels, concert halls and theatres for Green Pass holders - an immunity passport Israel has vaccinated 50% of its population - more than a third with both doses

More than a third of Israels population has been fully vaccinated in the worlds quickest immunisation programme against Covid-19, meaning nearly three million people are eligible for the pass.

Israel reopened swathes of its economy including malls and leisure facilities on Sunday, with the government saying the start of a return to routine was enabled by COVID-19 vaccines administered to almost half the population.

It is about an hour’s brisk walk from Jeppe High School for Boys in the east of Johannesburg to the Kohinoor record store in the inner city. More than 20 years ago, it was a trip Mxolisi Makhubo and his small group of hip-hop loving, self-proclaimed “outsiders” at their macho school made about once a month. “We used to take our bus fare and save it up for a month to buy records with and we’d walk to town, which is where we’d catch minibus taxis back [home] to Soweto,” the now 37-y...

Last modified on Thu 24 Dec 2020 09.52 EST This list is Top 20 shows, with points allocated for every placing that are then tallied to create this order. 20 Hunting Ghislaine As an alleged accomplice to Jeffrey Epstein, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is awaiting trial for charges related to the late financier and sex offender. Investigative reporter John Sweeney helms a podcast on events described by its makers as “melancholic and macabre”, deftly delving into connections with a number of in...

The real stories of musical muses – podcast of the week Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Danielle Stephens © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Smith/Getty Images Picks of the week © Photograph: Smith/Getty Images Modern love ... David and his first wife Angie Bowie, one of the subjects of the podcast About a Girl. About a GirlA strangely listenable show from the makers of hit true crime series Disgraceland, About a Girl offers a scripted, partly-fictionalised look ...