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La historia del español en unos seis minutos
Languages

La historia del español en unos seis minutos

...De dónde vienen palabras como siesta, cerveza o paella? ¿Qué lenguas han influido en el español? ...Descubre, a través de estos vídeos animados, la fascinante historia del español y sus hablantes y cómo ha evolucionado desde sus orígenes hasta convertirse en una lengua global hablada. También podrás escuchar el español tal y como se hablaba a lo largo de su...
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Video 5 mins
Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
Miscellaneous

Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...adults living in a deprived area of London. Understanding how young adults live with diabetes creates a greater awareness of the difficulties and helps provide appropriate support to individuals as they self-manage their condition. This research led her, in 1991, to obtaining a fellowship in Pittsburgh, USA, where she worked alongside researchers from all over the world,...
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Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people
Education & Development

Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people

...adults who emphasise the importance of learning choice and space. “You can do things with adults around you that you don’t really get to do – you can spend more time with them. Like with granny and grandad, I can spend a lot more, longer chunks of time than I would be able to in school.” (14-year-old participant) Photovoice discussion also covered the educational...
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater
History & The Arts

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

...De Quincey’s notorious nineteenth century book, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, is also considered the first autobiographical account of drug addiction. It influenced not just generations of narcoticized writers but even medical opinion on the effects of opium for decades after its publication. In the Georgian era of 1821, opium – in the form of laudanum - was...
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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...adult sexual predators. Playboy's extensive range of merchandise for women, encompassing make-up, jewellery, stationery, bed linen and more, all bearing its recognizable bunny logo and frequently found in children's sections of shops, catalogues and websites, has been a particular object for campaigners. In fact, Playboy itself has denied deliberately targeting younger...
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How Spanish sounded across its history
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How Spanish sounded across its history

...de la Historia] Glosa emilianense, Codice 60, folio 72r, manuscript kept at the Real Academia de la Historia. Transcript Libro de buen amor Listen to a passage from El libro de buen amor (The Book of Good Love), written in 1330 by Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita (c. 1283–c. 1350), considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish poetry. It is a pseudo-autobiographical...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain

...de Santiago are linked to a particular Christian saint, and Spanish nuns are famous for the range of cakes and biscuits sold in their convents. Introduction: Spanish España tiene gran variedad de panes, pero el producto que mejor refleja su diversidad geográfica y cultural es la empanada, ya que cada región la rellena con los productos locales. La religión también...
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Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in

...adults often use to interpret their emotions. This misses the mark. Children aren’t simply little adults; as developmental psychologists like Urie Bronfenbrenner have noted, it’s important to take into account the extent to which children are embedded in systems like family and school, where parents and teachers play a huge role in teaching children Riley’s age how...
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