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Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?
Science, Maths & Technology

Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?

...community typically remains unchanged throughout our lives, being shaped by our long-term diets or disruption from infections or antibiotic treatments. However, their numbers and diversity do change quickly and temporarily, immediately after we have eaten. For example, microbes that prefer sprouts might momentarily bloom, increasing in numbers as they have an increase in...
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The history of surfing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The history of surfing

...community. Today’s surfing re-emerged in the early 20th century in California and Australia. Duke Kahanamoku, an Olympic swimming champion, is often credited with popularising surfing at this time, as he toured the world giving surfing demonstrations following on from his Olympic success. Since then, surfing has experienced a number of waves of popularity around the...
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The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions
History & The Arts

The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions

...Community, Clture, Difference, London, Lawrence & Wishart. Mojola, A.O. (2004) ‘Postcolonial translation theory and the Swahili Bible’, in York, G.L.O.R. and Renju, P.M. (eds) Bible Translation and African Languages, pp. 77-104, Nairobi, Kenya, Acton, pp. 77-104. Mothoagae, I.D. (2018) ‘The reordering of the Batswana Cosmology in the 1840 English-Setswana New...
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Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

...communities and workplaces. Political grief, while painful, can become a bridge as well as a barrier. Yet here lies an opportunity. Political grief, while painful, can become a bridge as well as a barrier. When we recognise that people across the political spectrum are grieving – even if they grieve different losses – we can begin to see our common humanity. The...
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Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...communities by organising civic and environmental education opportunities. This eventually came at loggerheads with local political power’s role on issues of land grab and the destruction of urban parks. Her Nobel peace prize recognition summarises her contribution in this: “Maathai's mobilisation of African women was not limited in its vision to work for sustainable...
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A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience
Education & Development

A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience

...communicated because the person expressing it appears to be angry, sad, frustrated, or in an emotionally charged state. Defensiveness typically appears directly in the form of justification of one’s own or another person’s behaviours, rejecting any accusations of racism without reflection. Most individuals are still unaware of what misogynoir is or how it impacts...
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Eid al-Adha
History & The Arts

Eid al-Adha

...year there has been some controversy in the UK because the Saudi government has reduced the numbers of places available to British pilgrims. The Hajj continues to be a deeply moving experience that makes a profound impression, and the fact that pilgrims and non-pilgrims both share the sacrificial feast on Eid al-Adha helps to create a sense of community between them all....
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Is your social media use impacting your future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is your social media use impacting your future?

...communication that links the online presence (Ryan, 2019). The world of social media is constantly changing with new sites and apps being added to the offering. In 2019, the most popular social networks worldwide were Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and WeChat (Statista, 2019). You might have heard of the following types of platform: Wikis such as...
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