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Protest Banners: Hillsborough
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Hillsborough

...based upon a flame indicating that the fight for justice burns strongly – the words ‘Justice for All’ feature, below which the banner reveals its source: The Hillsborough Justice Campaign, with a website address, urging people to find out more and get involved. Notice, too, the simple, stark colouring – red and white were not only the colours of The Sun but also...
Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...based at The Open University, led by Dr Jitka Vseteckova, were invited to evaluate the impact of the walks on people living with dementia. The aim of the evaluation is to understand what the barriers and facilitators are to engagement with these walks and how can regular attendance be ideally facilitated. The researchers are interested in exploring and learning more about...
DIY: Taking the Caffeine Out of Tea
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Taking the Caffeine Out of Tea

...base – in this case, sodium carbonate. Add about 10g, or two tsp., of sodium carbonate to your aqueous tea extract. You should notice a distinct fizzing when you add the first of the sodium carbonate, as it reacts with the acidic tannins to release carbon dioxide gas. Simmer the solution for 5 minutes and then boil most of the water off. Towards the end, you’ll need...
Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...based on contributions. Only if supplementary help was needed did the 'means test' come into play, enquiring into your savings and your circumstances - who lived with whom, who was dependent on whom, and so on. Alongside these financial security provisions for all, there would be universal access to education and to health services. These would be funded from taxation and...
Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...based exercises, training should be performed at least twice a week. However, you can work on achieving good posture by thinking about it more regularly. In summary, as we get older we need to focus more on physical activity to increase our life expectancy. At 50 years of age, incorporating more physical activity into your routine will give you more energy, make you...
Am I In Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Am I In Control?

...based on Julian Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale published in Psychological Monographs, Volume 80, 1966. Consider the following pairs of statements. Choose the one from each pair with which you agree. As they’ve been picked to represent two extreme, opposing positions, it may be that you don’t support either statement completely, but what’s important is to choose...
Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...base of Freud’s theories is his theory of psychosexuality and its foundations in early childhood. He related psychosexuality to the pleasurable sensations that come from the stimulation of certain body areas. He saw the young child as going through a biologically timetabled series of stages. Initially, at the oral stage, the erogenous area is the mouth and - as you may...
Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...based on arms sales, but they received little support from politicians locked into Cold War orthodoxies. And, until the crash, there was widespread acceptance among decision makers and opinion formers that financial services were the future. And what now? The sheer scale of our economic difficulties presided over by a government of Old Etonians bankrolled by their City...