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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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The healing power of nature writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The healing power of nature writing

...world and environment can work wonders for our wellbeing – this article explains how...Nature itself can be a healer – not just through the scientifically evidenced healing effects of green spaces, water, birdsong or being among trees, but also through the realisation that we are nature, not separate from it. This idea is central to a growing body of research,...
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What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?
History & The Arts

What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?

...World War II remain closed. Naturally, such censorship has led to endless conspiracy theories. But over the past eight years I have accumulated damning evidence by sifting through 30 archives all over the world that are open. Intelligence reports and German, Spanish and Russian documents show members of the British royal family were indeed far closer to Nazi Germany than...
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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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What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?

...World Health Organization (WHO) defines Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as, ‘all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external genitalia, or injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons’ (WHO, 2025) Indigenous societies have various traditional names for FGM including but not exclusively: sunna, gudniin, halatays, tahur, megrez, and...
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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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Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit
Science, Maths & Technology

Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit

...World Record™ of 3 hours and 57 minutes. How does this help diagnose infections? By comparing DNA sequences from a patient’s sample, that will contain cells from the pathogen as well as patient, with a database of known sequences, researchers can identify the exact species causing an infection. Infections can be caused by bacteria, viruses, protists or fungi. The full...
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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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