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The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid
Languages

The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid

...communications these days. As the authors of the updated version of Raymond Williams’s Keywords project wrote a few years ago, in the twenty-first century the concept of ‘narrative… has seen a sharp rise in frequency… especially in such phrases as “change the narrative” and “take control of the narrative,” which have become unavoidable in political...
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...community events and online sources – so-called convenience-based sampling. But studies using LGB events and related websites to obtain participants are more likely to be skewed towards certain demographic groups, such as males. Because there is scant data available on transgender and intersex young people, we had to exclude these groups from our study. When we compared...
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Harry Potter and Parenting
Education & Development

Harry Potter and Parenting

...community to which Harry really belongs is played and replayed’. (1) These messages echo the findings of parenting researchers and social care practitioners. The Weasleys’ home at The Burrow presents us with an image of an impoverished, chaotic but loving and inclusive family, a contrast to the perfectly tidy but completely loveless world of Privet Drive, home of the...
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Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...from asteroid Bennu in 2023. Asteroids Ryugu and Bennu have very similar compositions to Winchcombe. The fact that UK scientists are able to work on similar materials provided by the Winchcombe meteorite means that they will be in a strong position to request precious returned asteroidal materials when these become available to the international scientific community.”...
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Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
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Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...community of outsiders, this could easily be disrupted when interviewees contrasted their own migration history or that of their clients with my Dutch EU citizen privilege. For instance, a refugee case worker who appealed to my own experience of moving abroad to explain that arriving in a new place 'one is really like a child', added that the experience of migration is...
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May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages
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May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages

...communication, you may not understand every Star Wars language. We’re not talking about the languages spoken in the saga such as Shyriiwook, Huttese, Bocce or even Binary (beep beep doop!), but the languages that the Star Wars films have been translated to. Take the title of the saga, for example. Whereas in most languages the translation has kept the words “war”...
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...communities united in mourning. But in some quarters this ‘ecstatic sharing’ is devaluing the meaning of public grief. It’s seen as a counterpart to clicktivism and other forms of zero-effort political engagement, with the authenticity of the emotion involved being called into question. The ‘faked’ tube sign in the aftermath of the terror attack in Westminster...
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A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
History & The Arts

A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws

...community in Leicester, including prominent people in public life and the arts. Most of the time, gay men were ignored by the police, but at times “cottaging” – anonymous sex between two men – could be severely punished. In an interview with the LGBT Oral History Project, Boylan recalled that Thomas and another man were arrested for allegedly looking at each other...
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