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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...based on the real life Mavis Altounyan. As the Telegraph recently reported, Barbara Altounyan, Mavis’s niece, is furious that the name is being changed for, she argues, reasons of political correctness. Saying her aunt would be “turning in her grave”, she condemned the move as insulting and running the risk of robbing a new generation of the charms and innocence of...
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The nature of history
Education & Development

The nature of history

...based on evidence. Even science, it can be argued, is not totally objective; an element of subjectivity is present. Even Jane Austin's Miss Morland would, I think, be impressed by the present status of history. Witness the popularity of historical books, television and radio programmes, and novels. The famous historian, A.J.P. Taylor, came up with probably the best...
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Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...based in logic and generally sympathetic to the sciences. From this perspective certain individuals in the history of philosophy are going to receive favour over others. Hume's clear prose style, scientific outlook and rigorous logic will be preferred to Rousseau, with his appeals to the emotions and grand rhetorical flourishes. From this perspective the six philosophers...
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Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...based on everyone in the room agreeing as to the outcome of a referendum on unity or even agreeing on the desirability of holding one. Everyone in the room was well experienced in peace building community dialogue. They saw the conversation as another opportunity for women like themselves to play their part and have a say in where the constitutional conversation is...
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How afraid of death are we?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How afraid of death are we?

...Based on this hypothesis, social psychologists have, for almost 30 years now, examined the social and psychological effects of being confronted with our own mortality. In well over 200 experiments, individuals have been instructed to imagine themselves dying. The first study of this kind was conducted on US municipal court judges, who were asked to set bond for an alleged...
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How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?
Education & Development

How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?

...based on 3,000 survey responses and 50 phone interviews. This is a very diverse, heterogeneous group, studying part-time due to a wide range of personal circumstances and competing work commitments. Most are women, often juggling caring responsibilities alongside studying. Many were the first in their families to embark on higher education, and 22% reported disabilities...
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The debate on the origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

The debate on the origins of the First World War

...Based on this decision, vast reparation demands were made. This so-called ‘war guilt ruling’ set the tone for the long debate on the causes of the war that followed. From 1919 onwards, governments and historians engaged with this question as revisionists (who wanted to revise the verdict of Versailles) clashed with anti-revisionists who agreed with the victors’...
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How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?

...based on this. Other tests are important to establish a possible cause of the stroke. Sometimes, this may have come from a clot in the heart, or a cholesterol plaque dislodged from a neck vessel that supplies the brain with oxygenated blood. Sometimes these clots can travel up to the brain, and lodge within a vessel in the brain, causing the stroke. Time-critical...
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