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The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on
Science, Maths & Technology

The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on

...troubled and hopeful. They feel economically worse off, are frustrated with an administration that cannot deliver on promises, and worry they’re even more vulnerable to future disasters. They have learned all too well that the behaviour of governments and communities can subvert the most sophisticated recovery plan. That said, these communities are far more globally and...
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A Victorian Christmas: Thackeray goes to the pantomime
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Thackeray goes to the pantomime

...troubled air. Whist, rush, hish! how the rain roars and pours! The darkness becomes awful, always deepened by the power of the music--and see--in the midst of a rush, and whirl, and scream of spirits of air and wave--what is that ghastly figure moving hither? It becomes bigger, bigger, as it advances down the platform--more ghastly, more horrible, enormous! It is as tall...
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In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...troubles, patient or violent, have followed, as labor troubles must, but leisure has always been equal to their pacification, and now Sheffield takes its adversity almost as quietly as its prosperity. V We were not there, though, for others' labor or leisure, which we have plenty of at home; but even before I appeased such conscience as I had about seeing a type of the...
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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...troubled experiment with the Euro Area. In its present form, the 17-member Eurozone may be destined to underperform the UK and US economies because of the limits it imposes on freedom of budgetary action, and the problems it causes for less dynamic members. To overcome these constraints, the Eurozone must pursue plans for deeper integration including a banking union which...
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A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...trouble converting Sanders' staunchest supporters into voters. He was at a volunteer fire-fighter's picnic in Vermont: More generally, almost everyone I talked to described Hillary as a deeply flawed candidate, one who simply did not excite them. More worrisome, they seemed to believe that Trump was going to win in November. None of them expressed any willingness to vote...
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Brexit and the Irish border
OpenLearn Ireland

Brexit and the Irish border

...troubles’ or conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 to 1994 focused on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland, and some of the worst sectarian killings took place in border areas. Europe and peace In 1973 the UK and Ireland simultaneously joined the European Economic Community (now EU). John Hume, leader of the SDLP (Social Democratic and Labour Party), then the...
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Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit
Science, Maths & Technology

Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit

...houses and associated estates for English and Scottish landowners into a predominantly poor rural subsistence economy with a tribal hierarchy. Many of the origins of Ireland’s troubles can be traced to this invasion. Some of the big houses are now hotels while others are publicly accessible National Trust properties. Find out more about the geology of Northern Ireland....
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What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...trouble to do that I wasn’t going to write long notes explaining exactly where the bump was. SALLY O’REILLY: Do you think also that this way that people read stories in this kind of literalist way relates to the way that they perceive history, and the more I kind of delved and researched and obviously the Early Modern period, it’s not like researching the twentieth...
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