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Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs

...community. Dawson later tries to deploy the previous metaphor and concludes that much like Owen, Dickens “became a kind of extinct creature to be restored to life by the careful attentions of the reader”. Dawson reflects on Dickens’s success as a serial publisher and novelist, but he might have enriched his comments by bringing either Robert Patten’s “Publishing...
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‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library
History & The Arts

‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library

...communicating care from those in the UK who sent books at the same time as delivering, by literary means, distraction, entertainment, information, comfort, and relaxation for traumatised bodies and minds. The War Library was incredibly successful from the outset. It affiliated with the Red Cross in 1915, which helped raise its profile as well as meaning it could operate...
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How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto
Languages

How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto

...communities who speak them. The idea of an international auxiliary language, on the other hand, is to provide a stable, unchanging code, which can be easily learnt by anyone. But human languages are never static; they’re always dynamic. So Esperanto has a fundamental flaw built into its very conception. And the second reason? Well, maybe these days we’re happier to...
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The rural dimension – after rundale
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – after rundale

...and enterprising choosing to emigrate, communities in the West of Ireland became isolated and depressed by the continuing losses of traditional rural society to urbanism and industrial capitalism. From the world outside, the West of Ireland looked either hopelessly backward or beautifully unspoiled, depending on the point of view. Explore the articles in this collection ....
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The first geological map of the UK
History & The Arts

The first geological map of the UK

...community for many years and ended up in debtors’ prison. Transcript Today, exactly 200 years since its first publication, a copy of Smith’s map – rediscovered after more than a century in a museum box – will go on public display at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. Aside from a copy held at The Geological Society in London, the Cambridge map is believed to...
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Seven myths of being a female engineer
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven myths of being a female engineer

...communicating effectively with clients and colleagues, working well in a team and remaining nimble and adaptable. Transcript. 6. Women can’t reach the top jobs in engineering Of course, there’s work to be done: with more men than women entering the industry, it’s statistically probable that more men will climb to the top. But, given the same opportunities, women are...
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So you've written your novel, what now?
History & The Arts

So you've written your novel, what now?

...communicate this to the agent. Where would your book sit on the bookshelf in a bookshop? What kind of person would enjoy your story? What other books might they have read and enjoyed? Often writers write the sort of book they like reading themselves and that can help you identify the literary genre in which your novel fits. This will enable you to target the right agents...
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Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...communication. Behaviourally, the loss of ‘water-cooler’ moments and other informal channels makes it harder to deepen relationships, creating a less consistent basis for trust. Longer-term impacts of a loss of trust have real-world implications that extend beyond individual businesses and feed into society's social coherence, stability and wellbeing. The idea of...
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