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Will Brexit force British retirees to return from Spain?
Money & Business

Will Brexit force British retirees to return from Spain?

...Las Cuevas at the University of Cantabria. Another concern is pensions and whether annual increases in the state pension will continue to be paid after Brexit. These increments are not paid to those living outside of the EU in countries like Canada and Australia, whose state pension is frozen at the amount it was when they left the UK. It’s possible the same rules could...
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Are we about to be at the mercy of superslugs?
Nature & Environment

Are we about to be at the mercy of superslugs?

...La difference” between British and continental species becomes significant. Why British slugs are different When slugs colonised the UK after the last ice age, they found an island recently covered with ice sheets, where the biological diversity remained poorer than continental Europe. In these circumstances, the ability to self-fertilise was a good evolutionary...
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Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots
Education & Development

Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots

...la Serre to develop his Ecriture Nocturne (night reading) system. Barbier used a 6x6 grid with raised dots to represent the letters (and some common pairs of letters) of the French alphabet. [Barbier's sonography ('night writing')] Sonography In 1821 Barbier demonstrated his system at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (Royal Institute for Blind Youth) in Paris and...
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Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge
Languages

Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge

...la maledizione dell'erede) and in Spanish it’s translated as Harry Potter and the cursed legacy (Harry Potter y el legado maldito). [Harry potter translations images] Some of the translations from the Harry Potter series. Most translators kept the names of characters and places very close to the originals, but the Italian and Norwegian translators applied more...
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Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health

...Las Vegas spotlights can be steep – and the fall steeper still. The gulf between where fighters start and where they end up can create a deep sense of dislocation. For working-class athletes, the pressure to stay strong, stoic and successful, even when struggling inside, can be overwhelming. This is intensified by boxing’s enduring culture of hyper-masculinity. The...
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...La Zamacueca, by Manuel Antonio Caro. Chile.] La zamacueca by Manuel Antonio Caro (1873) During the Independence period throughout the 19th century, popular dance forms not only survived, they became part of the rebellion. Many dances went through a process of secularisation and were reinvented with a strong socio-political narrative. After the Independence from the...
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Selling Empire: Further resources
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Further resources

...La Francophonie (english version of the site is also available) The Empire Marketing Board and its posters Manchester City Art Galleries The MacDonald Gill Project at the University of Brighton – on the life of the Highways of Empire artist Empire and its legacies The Open University's Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies: Working Papers on Africa and Asia...
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Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks
History & The Arts

Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks

...La Bataclan the day after the Paris Attacks] Police activity outside the Bataclan the day after the murders When Zoot Sims was asked what playing with Benny Goodman in 1962 Cold War Russia was like, following a tour beset with official and personal aggravations, he was typically sardonic: “Every gig with Benny is like playing in Russia.” Sims could at least afford a...
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