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Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?
History & The Arts

Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?

...care a jot for the state. Nicias was expecting that sage counsel would prevail. How wrong he was. Alcibiades responded by attacking Nicias for trying to divide the old from the young. He promoted himself as the “unifier,“ just as Trump has vowed he will be a force for bipartisanship. About 15 years before this showdown, Athens had fallen victim to a plague, which...
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Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come
Society, Politics & Law

Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come

...close. Much closer than it is between me and Senator Sanders right now. Clinton’s decision then was to vacate the field and support Obama. Her message to Sanders is: do the same now. He may not. He is not a Democrat and cares little for the party. He is a wildcard.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End
History & The Arts

The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End

...careful descriptions of the ‘man with the stick’, the ‘armless man’, and the man with one eye whose life Tietjens saved. Tietjens’ psychological suffering, and his loneliness, are what he most needs to talk to Valentine about. And so, perhaps we can conclude that, in this novel, the attention to the celebration of armistice is always balanced by attention to its...
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What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?
Society, Politics & Law

What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?

...careful not to inadvertently push the economy into a ditch by abandoning the free trade principles that have made the U.S. one of the richest countries in the world. Who will ‘win’? Another potential pitfall for Trump is that the search for a perceived “victory” in the negotiations – something the president typically prizes above all else – is actually more...
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DIY: Make Your Own Soap
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Make Your Own Soap

...care with which you carry it out. [electrolysis] In our first attempt at making soap, we tried to produce sodium hydroxide from seawater using electrolysis. This was scuppered when the windmill electricity generator was blown down in high winds. [wood ashes] We then resorted to dissolving wood ashes in water to give a dilute potassium hydroxide solution, which we boiled...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Eavan Boland
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Eavan Boland

...care?’ [Photograph of a horse against some storm clouds.] Analysing a poem by Eavan Boland: ‘That the Science of Cartography is Limited’ The act of mapmaking is an act of power (‘A Question’) For Eavan Boland, Ireland’s past was blighted by ‘wrath and grief... [and] Women were part of that wrath’ (1990). That the Science of Cartography is Limited (1994)...
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Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story
Society, Politics & Law

Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story

...caring for Holly around my shifts. I couldn’t have managed without her, extended family and friends but almost 16 years later, I’m still here. Do you feel you were treated the same as the males on your course? I was sometimes asked three questions for everyone else’s one, but that was more to do with building my confidence than being female. The training itself is...
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On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...care?...As we move towards the referendum on membership of the EU, British citizens face a bewildering array of claims and counterclaims. The conventional wisdom is that the voting public will favour the ‘status quo bias‘. Unfortunately, we seem to be living in times when established wisdom no longer holds. While the campaign to ‘remain’ part of the EU has enjoyed...
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