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The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times
Society, Politics & Law

The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times

...changed the product name to ‘Weetabix’ to distinguish it from its antipodean counterpart, and likewise changed the company name to Weetabix Limited. Past and present geography So, for Weetabix Ltd, its prized ‘localness’ today is not all that it would seem. It would be a mistake, though, instead to simply label its past and present geography as a tale of local and...
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The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love
Languages

The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love

...change over time. 14 flavours So, what are these flavours? The first three do not concern people at all. They refer to people’s fondness and passion for certain activities (meraki), places (chōros) and objects (eros). Note that this usage of eros reflects its deployment in classical Greece, where it was often used in the context of aesthetic appreciation rather than...
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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

...changes to his training programme, to win Olympic Gold in the 200m swimming freestyle. But what is it about these athletes that allows them to bounce back, be resilient, and take positives from such adversity into future performances? Personal qualities that support athletes to be resilient The research on Olympic champions by Fletcher and Sarkar (2012) identified five...
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How do you become British Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you become British Prime Minister?

...changes at the next election. They do so even under a different Prime Minister who emerges within a parliament, not following an election. A new Prime Minister can thus take office within a parliament – in between elections – when an incumbent stands down. This happened in 1990, when John Major replaced Margaret Thatcher; in 2007, when Gordon Brown replaced Tony...
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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...change...Let me introduce you to a mentoring vignette. It is 2010. I am an eye-poppingly keen Newly Qualified Teacher. I have recently been observed by my mentor Brian with my favourite class. We smashed it, I love them and this meeting is going well. Until. ‘And what about Ellen?’ Brian is looking at me, tapping her name on my planner with the end of his pencil....
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Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen

...changed course. Moving from tennis back to track and field, we find the inspirational athlete Mary Peters who, in 1972, already Commonwealth champion, became a heroine to British sport when she won the only British gold medal of the Munich games in the Pentathlon. With the Troubles in Northern Ireland at its peak, Peters’ victory was poignant for reasons beyond simply...
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Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?

...change Sharia doctrine for Muslims on any subject. There is no equivalent of the Vatican and papal infallibility. How Sharia is interpreted by the many different communities of Muslims (from Sunni and Shia to Sufi and Salafi) is, at base, the product of an intergenerational consensus of the scholars and leaders of each community. Islamic belief and practice is...
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Brexit and the Irish border
OpenLearn Ireland

Brexit and the Irish border

...changing geographical relationship between the UK and Ireland...[The European union and Irish flags] Brexit and the Irish border: an introduction I started writing this article on February 1st, 2017, as the House of Commons voted to trigger Article 50 starting the process of withdrawal from the EU. One week previously the UK Supreme Court confirmed that the so-called...
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