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Why Russia is hoping for a good World Cup
Society, Politics & Law

Why Russia is hoping for a good World Cup

...trouble extending his UK visa, preventing him from attending the recent FA Cup final won by his club, Chelsea FC. All of these narratives around Russia’s sports stars fit in closely with those stories playing out on the political stage – rather than breaking away from them by painting a positive image of the country through sporting achievements. The main problem for...
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Derry Air: the new local history
Society, Politics & Law

Derry Air: the new local history

...troubles’ of internecine religions for the long post-war years, now relatively at peace. All that, and much more, is true, and necessary to know. But I need to add more. Reading a novel about the siege – Derry, famous as ‘the maiden city’ was never in the end taken – added more to my understanding, shared with others who had read A man’s foes. What is more...
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By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...troubling issues is the inability of the Police and Crime Panels to hold PCCs to account. According to research by the University of Leeds' Dr Stuart Lister, this is largely due to the legislative weakness of the panels, which leave them without substantive powers to veto the decisions made by PCCs. Another problem Lister revealed is that 68% of panel members shared the...
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Telephone bereavement support: does it work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Telephone bereavement support: does it work?

...troubling as much of how we communicate is non-verbal. However, for some people, the phone can seem safer – like a means of protection. Feeling relatively anonymous can help many people feel less awkward. It can feel more possible to talk about things that seem intimate, if we are a voice communicating to another voice over the phone. Building warmth within a supportive...
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The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love
Languages

The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love

...troubled intimacies, while eros and storgē form the charitable, selfless compassion of “agápē”. This analysis seems like a good start, but an incomplete one. After all, it mostly just concerns romantic partnerships, and doesn’t account for many of the feelings that fall within the ambit of love. Untranslatable words I decided to expand on this work as part of a...
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Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?
Digital & Computing

Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?

...trouble. Authorities recently doubled the penalties for using a handset behind the wheel to six points on your licence and a £200 fine. Yet the law – and the car industry itself – hasn’t caught up with the equal dangers of hands-free phone calls while driving. [The Conversation] A week after the latest penalties for using a handset while driving came into force,...
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Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?
History & The Arts

Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?

...trouble. In 399 BCE, at the age of 70, he was put on trial for his life. But Socrates’ response was typically uncompromising: he refused either to give up philosophising or to flee into exile. Found guilty, he was executed by being made to drink hemlock. Plato presents him spending his last hours discussing philosophy with his friends, before calmly drinking the poison....
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Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

...troubling consequences of widespread political grief is polarisation. When we are grieving, we tend to retreat to those who share our worldview. We surround ourselves with people who validate our pain and justify our anger. This can create deeper divides within families, communities and workplaces. Political grief, while painful, can become a bridge as well as a barrier....
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