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A Clockwork Orange: ultraviolence, Russian spies and fake news
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A Clockwork Orange: ultraviolence, Russian spies and fake news

...family. Instead, it ends with him unrepentant and returned to the psychotic mindset that he’d had prior to his brainwashing treatment. It was this version that Kubrick filmed. Burgess felt this prevented the book from working properly as a novel, where moral growth is a part of the essence of narrative. He saw the decision as symptomatic of the politics of the times –...
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Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London
Society, Politics & Law

Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London

...families that can’t afford all their rent, and can’t move somewhere cheaper without compressing their children or losing access to their work. For example, in the UK, housing benefit is one of the largest and fastest-growing welfare expenditures. It exceeds £25 billion a year, despite numerous attempts to rein it in. You can’t do that Although New York’s rent...
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Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too
Society, Politics & Law

Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too

...families. Their needs cannot be met by the inflexibilities inherent in mainstream full-time higher education. If universities were further given incentives to offer more attractive, flexible and affordable part-time courses, the prime minister’s aspirations for a more equal society could be met through higher education. Yet the most recent data from the Higher Education...
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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...families and friends, intolerance of hatred and terrorism, and to publicly acknowledge the country’s distress. Social media was alive with defences of freedom of speech and freedom from tyranny. And in a striking show of solidarity, the world’s political leaders were out in force too, uncomfortably linking arms. A shame that this display of support for the notion that...
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Everybody's looking for love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everybody's looking for love

...family life, as outlined in Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998. My research explores the views and experiences of women with learning disabilities on sexual relationships and as part of my PhD I gave them a platform to talk openly about this taboo subject. I interviewed 16 women with mild to moderate learning disabilities who were members of Stars in the Sky, a...
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What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?
Nature & Environment

What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?

...family while ordinary citizens struggle without basic public services. A doctor demanding a bribe from a patient before prescribing desperately needed medication. An MP representing the interests of a company owned by a donor to their political party over the interests of their constituents Corruption as a threat to climate action We know that corruption can frustrate and...
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Beethoven: The Expert View
History & The Arts

Beethoven: The Expert View

...family. His first music lessons were with his father, who is said to have been a harsh and cruel teacher. Despite this, Beethoven gave his first piano recital in Cologne at the age of 8. He continued with his studies, working as deputy court organist in Bonn at the age of 14 and then travelling to Vienna to give concerts in 1787, where he may have played to Mozart. In...
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Learning from the past with historic buildings
History & The Arts

Learning from the past with historic buildings

...families and a lack of political support, in favour of private, market provision. So we have continued to favour what are now established traditions, like the English terrace house. [A typical English terrace house ] How much change can we make without damaging the buildings we are trying to pass on to future generations? How can we use patterns of building that people...
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