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‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain
Society, Politics & Law

‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain

...system of social protection through regulation as put into place in Britain during the 1800s. Notwithstanding the long term construction of regulatory regimes in Britain since this period, this ‘social murder’ is not a matter of historical record. Indeed, the scale of contemporary harm remains significant: an April 2016 report on air quality by the Environment, Food...
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How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Health, Sports & Psychology

How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri

...system, and Wilfred Clark (1898-1981), who founded the British Wheel of Yoga, have legacies which are much easier to document. Why British women embraced yoga But the significance of these two women in inspiring other women should not be underestimated. Women quickly became the majority of both students and teachers of yoga in Britain, comprising of 70-90% of those...
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The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues
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The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues

...system and capital punishment. Nicknamed the ‘Empress of the Blues’, Smith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. [Bessie Smith (1936) by Carl Van Vechten] Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith are three trailblazers of the blues. They represent some of the first Black voices on record, helping disseminate the genre across the world and laying the...
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History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration
Society, Politics & Law

History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration

...system of free movement was followed by talks about participation in another. For the Commonwealth, this related to European free movement which was eventually implemented in 1992. Today, as soon as Brexit was announced, talk began of free movement deals with Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [The Conversation]Whoever the people moving are, the issues will be similar....
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Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
History & The Arts

Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age

...system. Worried by the situation, in 1670 Spinoza anonymously published the Theological-Political Treatise (1670). In it, Spinoza argued that the Calvinists had acquired too much power over politics. Using his extensive knowledge of Hebrew and the Old Testament, Spinoza argued that all the teachings of the prophets, from Moses to Jesus Christ, could be reduced to simple...
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Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...system takes time to filter through the supply chain as a whole. The third factor, importantly, is human behaviour. If my customer drops their order quantity, I suddenly find I have too much stock - I’ve over-produced. I’ve a further problem in that my suppliers have already received orders from me that I placed days or weeks ago, based around a higher sales forecast...
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How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?
Society, Politics & Law

How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?

...system, which is why the accusation of not doing so is so powerful. The predicament members of parliament are facing in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum is having to choose between the responsibilities of elected representatives in a parliamentary democracy, and the will of the people as expressed in a direct democracy referendum. The former was summed up very...
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Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...systems to name a few integral parts. Being the only woman on the course, with very little engineering or maintenance experience, I was never made to feel unworthy of the job or incompetent. Of course, I had to work hard to keep up due to my lack of traction knowledge, and work hard I did. I spent many evenings studying our traction manuals, sectional appendix and rule...
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