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Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...history. You can explore each category in more detail in the tabs below. There's an additional tab conveying for Shakespeare’s notorious love poems, the sonnets (and for poetry in general). We've also provided the free eBook An Introduction to Shakespeare's First Folio to give you the low-down on the background to this amazing book. Select a tab to begin... The Comedies...
Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'
Society, Politics & Law

Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'

...Families were split, accommodation offered was unsanitary, with infestations and intimidation. In 2017, children with families and connections in the UK, who had been surviving alone in the “jungle” of Calais, were lambasted in the press and their right to protection questioned. Citizens of other European countries, who arrived in the UK under conditions of free...
What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?

...family and loved ones? What should I or my loved ones expect in the last hours or days before dying? Dying is often a peaceful event, whereby the person sleeps more, stops eating and drinking, stops speaking, then dies. Sometimes symptoms such as loud and wet breathing, restlessness, pain, breathlessness, bleeding, seizures and distress or agitation can arise – and can...
Sea level rise in Looe, Cornwall
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Looe, Cornwall

...Families who live in the area are familiar with flooding from the sea when there is a high tide, and these have increased in recent years. Retired trawlerman Armand Toms, who represents Looe East on Cornwall council, has seen the town flood throughout his life. “If we get a metre more by the end of the century – is anything going to survive here?” (The Guardian,...
How is Italy reinventing the co-op?
Money & Business

How is Italy reinventing the co-op?

...families of people receiving care, the paid staff and the volunteers.” “Bureaucratic welfare services were high-cost and low-quality, so citizens started self-organizing to deliver key care-related services themselves, which the government then helped formalize with new laws for multi-stakeholder cooperatives,” reports John Duda in recent Yes magazine article. Today...
Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS
Health, Sports & Psychology

Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS

...family member’s perspective. It’s not just staffing issues that need addressing. Innovative practices, such as robotics for the treatment of individuals with prostate cancer, have the potential for positive and profound impact on many, yet are likely to be limited to the few patients who have the fortune of living close to where the practice has been developed and...
Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...family member. Why not meet up with a friend, family member or colleague for a walk outdoors and try out your own walking and talking? You don’t have to live in the middle of nowhere to access the benefits of green spaces; towns and cities have plenty of parks and gardens where you could do your own walking therapy. Parks can offer a huge variety of landscapes and...
How Emma Raducanu’s parents strike the right balance: supporting your child athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

How Emma Raducanu’s parents strike the right balance: supporting your child athlete

...family life and relationships rarely focused on tennis. When an individual’s athletic identity becomes everything (an ‘exclusive athletic identity’) they are at risk of potential negative consequences, particularly when encountering incidents such as injury and retirement. Raducanu’s parents keep her grounded and ensure she maintains an identity beyond tennis....