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Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?
History & The Arts

Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?

...public life. They dominated political debate, formed the majority of generals, and paid for many public benefits. Athenians were constantly afraid that a charismatic individual would become too powerful, and attempt to bring down the system and set himself up as a tyrant, yet they also expected their leaders to come from an aristocratic background, and mocked politicians...
Displaced children of our time
Education & Development

Displaced children of our time

...public opinion around migration in the UK and across Europe. British newspapers which are routinely hostile to immigration depicted the deaths at sea as a humanitarian tragedy (although this sympathy was short-lived). Much of this public feeling came to centre around a widely-circulated photograph of a three-year-old Syrian boy, Alan Kurdi, washed up dead on a beach in...
How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
Society, Politics & Law

How does Coronation Street bring politics home?

...public. The Archers, similarly, was designed with political objectives in mind. Produced by the BBC in association with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the programme provided farming tips and information about fluctuating food prices as part of a broader effort to convince the public to accept continued rationing after the war’s conclusion. Soaps have...
Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...public transport, in a shop, gym, workplace or on a street corner. It can be easy to be inspired and share online articles about community initiatives, petitions or activist campaigns, but the role of the individual and the small actions get easily overshadowed. I believe in small actions contributing to change and trying to empower people to take whatever small steps are...
Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...public provision in working class areas, was very much presented as continuing with the traditions of community struggles, echoing the 1915 Glasgow rent strikes and other rent strikes in the 1920s in towns in other areas of Scotland . Since the late 1980s and 1990s, though this continues to inform political debate and activism in the city today, there has been a concerted...
Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board

...publicity...What was the Empire Marketing Board? The Empire Marketing Board (EMB) was founded in May 1926, as a small government body with committees for research, marketing and publicity. Much of its effort (up to 65% of its yearly expenditure) went into encouraging research and analysis, including into how to improve the quality, storage and distribution of British and...
Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial
Society, Politics & Law

Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial

...public fascination with crime and the criminal justice system. But how much do jurors get it wrong?...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. From CSI to Law and Order, Line of Duty and Midsomer Murders, there is huge public fascination with crime and the criminal justice system. Especially when things come to a climactic ending and jurors decide on a...
One refugee's story: A long, risky journey
Society, Politics & Law

One refugee's story: A long, risky journey

Public Radio Internation tells the story of Thair Orfahli's journey from war-riddled Syria to Munich...Thair Orfahli stepped onto the boat knowing he might die. But that same reality faced him if he stayed in Syria. Only a few hours before, he had bid his friend goodbye, handing over his laptop — his most-prized possession. “I told my friend if I didn't arrive, you can...