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Taking a couple of days away from the office last month, I was privileged to be able to visit three Leg Clubs in the east of England. Apart from being found to have high blood pressure, it was a fantastic experience, and I would urge any nurse interested in delivering best care to their community to visit one or find out more.

What we call the "Hollywood War Machine" analyzes the production of lms within the studio system depicting the glories of US military action within theaters from around the world, spanning the Revolutionary War period to the present. A large majority of lms under discussion here can be understood from the perspective of "good wars" that the lm industry has strongly favored, especially during the 1990s. This essay reveals an increasing emphasis on the World War II experience as the quintessential "good war" that brings American audiences back to the undistilled benevolence of the US military through its various patriotic and heroic exploits. The undoubtedly powerful impact of the September 11, 2001 events and their aftermath upon the Hollywood War Machine is a topic worthy of further discussion.The Hollywood War Machine refers to the production of studio lms that depict and glorify wartime heroic exploits while embellishing the military experience itself, from the Revolutionary period to the present. The motion picture industry has from its inception been fascinated with combat as a vital part of the American patriotic legacy. War lms have for most of cinematic history rivaled the westerns genre in terms of popular appeal. A survey of the Hollywood lm tradition reveals that a surprisingly large proportion of Hollywood lms dramatize US wartime experiences, heroics, and engagements. In exploring the Hollywood War Machine and its enormous cultural impact today, several questions emerge: why do lmmakers remain fascinated with the phenomenon of armed con ict? Why do combat lms have such different levels of appeal over time? Why do various producers and directors choose to emphasize particular wars over others? Above all, why are war lms presently enjoying a renaissance? The answers to such questions will help us comprehend the intricate connection between the war experience and the character of the motion picture industry as well as the broader social attitudes and beliefs upon which the Hollywood War Machine is nourished.Hollywood lmmaking was not always oriented toward glori cation of American patriotism and militarism. When the popular mood of the country seemed to favor paci sm or isolationism, as during the years immediately preceding both World Wars, lms tended either to avoid war altogether or to re ect a certain abhorrence of military con ict itself. On the eve of World War I, lms depicting wars either emphasized their horrors or, as in a few cases, seemed to advocate an ethic of non-violence. One such anti-war lm was Civilization, or He Who Remembered (Thomas Ince, 1914), in which the spirit of Christ returns to Earth in the body of a great soldier who eventually restores world peace as he sets out to redeem all of humanity. This lm reputedly helped

The alt-right movement dates from 2008 when white supremacist Richard Spencer invented the term to identify contemporary right-wing and far-right socio/political movements. The movement relies on mass media, communicating graphically and symbolically through “trolls,” “tropes,” and “memes.” The “Sadomasochist trope” valorizes aggressive actors like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, while demonizing “passive” individuals like Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama. Trolls communicate through memes, single-frame or short video phrases matched with photos and cartoons, to attract online audiences. When not attacking liberals and progressives, alt-right memes turn on traditional conservatives. The alt-right community maintains it is “under assault” in today’s politically correct, overly secularized, culturally diverse society. However, Donald Trump elevated alt-right icon and former Breitbart ceo Stephen Bannon to chief advisor, providing the alt-right movement access to the highest government levels. Will alt-right organizations continue their recent expansion, or will the public lose interest in the movement?

The NHS Confederation recently warned of a "second pandemic" of mental health problems in the wake of covid-19. 1 Alongside the direct psychological impact of the last two years and the capacity of overstretched NHS services to respond, economic circumstances in the aftermath of the pandemic will play a key role in shaping the mental health fallout.