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‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library
History & The Arts

‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library

...History, and it provided the context for my approach to Endell Street Military Hospital. [Deeds not Words banner] 'Deeds not words' banner. The women lived by the WSPU's motto and hoped that their good deeds at the hospital would prove women's equality. Endell Street's library was run by two prominent members of the Women Writers’ Suffrage League, which had been founded...
Why do we keep running?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do we keep running?

...history, we know that jogging as a “palliative to sedentariness” first took off in the 1960s. Since then it has become a huge business with the athletic shoe industry alone worth tens of billions of dollars. Before the jogging revolution, though, it was a distinctly niche activity. The few people that did it had probably been to one of the more affluent schools. A...
Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?
History & The Arts

Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?

...history. Except the delicious ones, it seems. Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole wonder why...[Peter Capaldi, the current Doctor Who] Peter Capaldi plays the current Doctor, although as a time traveller all the actors are arguably the current Doctor Since the Doctor Who series was rebooted in 2005 the television show has consistently presented the Doctor as a moral leader, a...
The Extraordinary Rosa Parks
History & The Arts

The Extraordinary Rosa Parks

...history was changed forever...This bus was built in 1948 by General Motors. It's famous not for where it went, or the route it ran, but for what happened upon it. [The bus on which Rosa Park refused to move to the back, starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott] On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was returning from work when she boarded the bus. America was a nation in which racial...
Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...history was published in 1958, the same year that his essay ‘Culture is Ordinary’ appeared. His argument that culture involved the ‘everyday’, that it was ‘lived’ and was increasingly significant within the expanding spheres of film, television and advertising, was advanced a couple of years later in The Long Revolution, which maintained that these cultural...
Trade Union membership cards - more than just a card
Society, Politics & Law

Trade Union membership cards - more than just a card

...history and helping to keep memories alive. Ann Henderson has kept hers from her time in the railway industry and here she tells us her story...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. Background The provision of diaries has long been part of the service that many unions provide for their members. Even in this era of online calendars and diaries,...
The geology of Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

The geology of Northern Ireland

...history; 'periods' are based on timings of particular geological events (often ending at mass extinctions); and it also shows the environment of deposition. This geological map shows where these rocks can be found throughout Northern Ireland. The oldest rocks in Northern Ireland are metamorphosed sedimentary rocks and can be seen in Donegal, Derry and Tyrone. They were...
The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025

...history of women’s sport. Take women’s football, for instance. The Women’s World Cup 2023 was a watershed moment, breaking attendance records and drawing over two billion viewers worldwide. Players like Alexia Putellas and Sam Kerr captivated audiences with their technical brilliance. Again, thus proving that women’s football offers just as much – if not more...