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Selling Empire: Posters
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Posters

...public could buy for 1s 6d, and by 1933 had 27,000 schools on its distribution list. For its 1931 ‘Buy British’ campaign, the EMB printed more than four million posters, right down to miniature versions for car windscreens, and famous aviator Amy Johnson’s aircraft flew over London with Buy British posters plastered to its wings, and more in its belly as cargo...
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The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse

...public opinion, uh, almost required that bridge to be closed to vehicular traffic. Walter Carpenter So I sneaked through the bars of the barrier and walked across the bridge and the people that were waiting to get some way to cross, they just followed me like little chicks following a mother hen and there were just a trail of us but after Dick asked me, he said,...
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iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...public and scientists get involved in monitoring species worldwide. Celebrating 12 years of science learning and research it builds species identification skills and contributes to biological data recording in the UK and globally. iSpot is a network of tens of thousands of nature observers, both experts and novices, who have posted over 800,000 observations, with 1.6...
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The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...public interest in the case. These were later reprinted in scores of papers throughout the UK to generate public support. Petitions were also taken to the House of Commons and women wrote letters to the Home Secretary demanding her release. The women of the Gorbals called on the local Labour MP to act. They believed social factors, connected to poverty, created mitigating...
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Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...public holiday, with banks, offices and schools closing. It usually last for three days. There may be official gatherings attended by political leaders, government officials and influential members of the community. [A gathering of Muslim men and children bowing down and offering Namaz prayers on the occasion of Eid`Al-Fitr.]Muslim men and children bowing down and...
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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...public image. By 2001, BAA had established an informal EMS integrating environmental health and safety management programmes with annual publications stating environmental objectives and targets, which were audited independently. A UNEP/Sustainability Ltd survey published in 2000 identified BAA’s EMS as one of the most comprehensive and ambitious in the world...
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Yes, we still need International Women's Day
Society, Politics & Law

Yes, we still need International Women's Day

...public lives unimpeded by discrimination. Frequently, however, they fail to experience it as a uniform reality. With his vulgarities, President Trump endorses positions of feminine passivity and masculine power that underpin sexual harassment. He reminds us that men grab and women are grabbed. Everyone’s problem Trump’s presentation of femininity doesn’t only affect...
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Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...public relief and federal works programmes. “The New Deal saw a general drop in income inequality, an improvement in gender equality, a major programme of new public housing and significant environmental works.” “THERE ARE COUNTLESS HALF-BURIED OR FORGOTTEN EXAMPLES THAT TELL US THAT BOLD ACTION IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT COULD SOLVE MANY OTHER...
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