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Support for you and your mental health
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Support for you and your mental health

...family member, friend or colleague. Grief affects everyone in different ways. You’re likely to experience a range of emotions as you gradually come to terms with your loss. It's quite common for people to feel: Shock and numbness. Guilt about something you said or did not say, or not being able to prevent the death of your loved one. Tiredness or exhaustion. Anger –...
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Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation
History & The Arts

Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation

...family was said to have connections to the local pagan (or “Non Non”) Shinto community of the region. For the rest of his life, Mizuki Shigeru sought out folk customs and beliefs from every corner of Japan, and would eventually title one of his many autobiographies “A Non Non Life.” While “non non” can mean “aimless” or even “drunken” in colloquial...
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A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...family members had been. Now a Baroness, Doreen Lawrence (Stephen’s mother) spoke about how, even though she experienced extreme anger on many occasions, she felt she could not outwardly show this emotion, especially to the white media. It can be argued that, in her acute experiences of how Black people were regarded as criminals, Doreen Lawrence was all too fully aware...
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...history the people of Spain have expressed the richness of their culture through music and dance. Greek and Romans as well as subsequent groups of visitors recorded the presence of dancing practices in the Iberian Peninsula. The emergent movements and sounds of the diverse population reflect not only the character of the various ethnic groups but also the complex...
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Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...and an Observer columnist since 1987. I am now the paper’s Technology columnist writing a weekly column and occasional OpEds and editorials.” John is author of three books: A Brief History of the Future: the origins of the Internet 1999); From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: What You Really Need to Know About the Internet (2012); and 100 Not Out: A Lockdown Diary (2020)”...
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How does JK Rowling use Latin and other classical languages in Harry Potter?
History & The Arts

How does JK Rowling use Latin and other classical languages in Harry Potter?

...history of wizardry in the Potterverse, JK Rowling drew heavily on classical languages. The OU's Joanna Paul explores...[Hogwarts crest superimposed on the Hogwarts bridge] The Hogwarts Crest and its Latin motto Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus – classical scholars might struggle to find this Latin phrase in their texts of Cicero or Virgil, Ovid or Juvenal; but ardent...
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Discover OpenLearn on Spotify
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Discover OpenLearn on Spotify

...history of the English language! We want all of our content to be a place for engagement with our learners, so please leave comments and if there’s something you want to know on a topic that’s not covered in the podcast, then ask away! And if there’s a subject, a course or a topic on OpenLearn you think would make a good podcast episode, then let us know. So head on...
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Ceasefire anniversary in Northern Ireland: 30 years of an impossible peace
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Ceasefire anniversary in Northern Ireland: 30 years of an impossible peace

...history meets a new generation. “Impossible Peace” Impossible Peace was published by Brian Rowan in August 2024. The project is a marrying of spoken and written words that help tell the story of what the former Clinton adviser Nancy Soderberg describes as a ‘miracle’ emerging out of leadership and vision; that moment, to borrow a thought from Miriam Reynolds,...
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