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Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...Children of Arras Even the poor survivors of the devastating districts will have their Christmas dinner. I know of one underground refuge in Arras where some happy children will be assembled and fed. There is a pathetic little Christmas tree in one of these cellars of Arras - a tiny, stunted handful of green, decorated with three or four candles - that has been procured...
Why has the welfare cap become so complex?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has the welfare cap become so complex?

...children being affected. Secondly, it reduces the inequality between Londoners and those living in lower rent regions. Until now London has been disproportionately affected, but under the new regime affected households in the North East—the region with the lowest average rents—tend to be similar to those in London with the lower cap offsetting much of the differences...
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...Research also suggests that parents and carers express a strong desire for children to find a degree of challenge in their lives, as well as discovering things they can excel at and master (Streatch et al., 2023). As Tony says in the clip, ‘we had to exist in his [Sam’s] world and learn how he was thinking to maximise on his life opportunities’. This reinforces the...
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Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

...children, nephews, nieces and siblings, I can identify that all these factors have had some impact on their participation in sport. Talking to the parents/carers in my family they explain how they have dealt with these barriers and have had differing levels of success in overcoming them. For example, my work tends to be flexible so I can chaperone my children to their...
Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...research into health-care organisations. This concern is rather out-of-step with much current debate in my field. Discussion of volunteering in health-care organisations almost always mentions the thorny political issue of (paid) job replacement but rarely discusses the risks of public activism being diverted, or blocked, by the dominance of volunteerist models of...
Owen's Law: the case for written allergen information in every food business
Health, Sports & Psychology

Owen's Law: the case for written allergen information in every food business

...Research from Imperial College London highlights an important and often misunderstood reality. Deaths from food-induced anaphylaxis in the UK are rare — estimated at fewer than 10 per year — and have decreased over time. This is sometimes cited as evidence that the current system is working. It is not the whole picture. Over the same period, hospital admissions for...
Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...research guide, Queering Glamorgan, which despite its title includes a methodology that can be applied anywhere. The book, A Practical Guide to Searching LGBQIA Historic Records, is also useful as a toolkit in research techniques. When you apply this methodology, you start to see small stories appear. Many of them appear in the pages of newspapers past as fillers, those...
How might Brexit affect Wales?
Society, Politics & Law

How might Brexit affect Wales?

...post-Brexit. ​ Will Wales have increased autonomy after Brexit? Transcript Professor Roger Scully of the think tank, Wales Governance Centre, discusses the potential implications and opportunities for Wales post-Brexit with Dr Jo Hunt and Dr Rachel Minto of Cardiff University. ​ Image: Cardiff Castle by Mario Sánchez Prada under Creative Commons licence CC BY-SA 2....