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English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation
History & The Arts

English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation

...world and teaches a kind of empathy through the different perspectives it affords. (More concrete evidence exists for the benefits of regularly reading literature – and being read to – for children’s cognitive development and educational attainment.) For those of us lucky enough to teach or study English literature, its rewards are often even more profoundly felt...
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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...world, particularly for girls and women. Ibba Girls School: A Beacon of Hope Ibba Girls Boarding School is a drop in the ocean compared with such deep need for education, but it provides high-quality education for 360 primary and secondary school girls and it also provides inspiration for schools across the country. It was created by the local community, because few girls...
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The man behind Matilda – what Roald Dahl was really like
History & The Arts

The man behind Matilda – what Roald Dahl was really like

...world’s number one storyteller. His books have received enthusiastic responses from millions of children all around the world. And his tales of the unexpected continue to have a magical pull on readers’ imaginations with the BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all loved by children old and young. Earlier this year, a new film...
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Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection
Science, Maths & Technology

Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection

...world renew itself? [The planet Pluto]Pluto has a distinct heart shape on its surface known as the Tombaugh Regio region. Finally, let's look at the edge of our own solar neighbourhood. When the New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in 2015, it sent back an image of a distinct heart shape on the surface of the dwarf planet. Scientists call this region Tombaugh Regio. The...
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Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?

...world by collecting specimens of exotic animals, plants and cultural artefacts for display in zoos, botanical gardens and museums. The desire to collect and display “the exotic” did not stop at humans, either. For instance, in the 1830s a French merchant snatched the body of a young African man and stuffed it in the way animals are sometimes stuffed and prepared for...
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Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...world where there is a significant Shi‘a population. Usually, the streets are hung with banners and flags, and those taking part will dress in black and may carry various ritual objects such as replicas of Husayn’s coffin, his tomb or his body, portable shrines with images of Husayn, and standards decorated with cloths and ribbons, and topped with metal crests of...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...world and out in both the environmental and climate change community, and I think those sorts of films, beyond traditional broadcast, are just as important in the environmental … let’s call it, television bit. Environmental programmes: Getting commissioned? No, I think the real challenge was that in television programming, so above the level of commissioning, for...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...world and out in both the environmental and climate change community, and I think those sorts of films, beyond traditional broadcast, are just as important in the environmental … let’s call it, television bit. Environmental programmes: Getting commissioned No, I think the real challenge was that in television programming, so above the level of commissioning, for many,...
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