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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...public places such as noodle bars and tea houses. By contrast, FM 101 activists preferred group discussions in their shared space which involved multiple responses to questions, people leaving, arriving, eating, smoking, paying attention or not, staring into space, starting separate conversations, sharing words or not, pauses, glances and knowing and unknowing asides....
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Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast
History & The Arts

Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast

...public support. Comments on YouTube also show the high esteem in which he is still held in the city, with Belfastians frequently praising his ability to provide healing with his music. “RIP Rory, you brought our community together through the bad times,” reflected one fan poignantly. In November 2021, Belfast was declared a UNESCO City of Music in honour of its...
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Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity
Society, Politics & Law

Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity

...public awareness, and enabling asylum seekers and refugees to develop their skills and be appreciated as imaginative individuals. Downloads are mostly free at www.lulu.com. Several books featuring poems and stories by refugees from dozens of countries, alongside work by local writers in solidarity. Most recently, as part of an AHRC-funded project: My Heart Loves in My...
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Selling Empire: Exhibitions
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Exhibitions

...public school using middle classes, and families of emigrants) were Empire enthusiasts, and which (including some unions) were critical of, or largely ignorant about, Empire. [Egyptian Court] 'Egyptian Court' North Transept of the Crystal Palace', from Matthew Digby Wyatt's 'Views of the Crystal Palace and Park' This poster shows exhibits, first displayed at the Great...
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Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?

...publication in 1964. By the latter date, illusions that Britain would be able to lead a united Commonwealth were disappearing. 1962 immigration legislation started a trend of increasing controls on Commonwealth citizens moving to Britain to work and settle. In November 1964 Ian Smith’s government of Rhodesia asked its mainly white electorate if they wanted independence,...
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Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV

...public and politicians don’t really appreciate what is at stake if we are to reduce the risks of climate change, and limit the damage it is expected to cause. TV remains one of the most influential and accessible ways that people make sense of change in the world, and receive and respond to new knowledge. Yet climate change is an issue that seems designed to be ignored....
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Machiavelli and Political power
Society, Politics & Law

Machiavelli and Political power

...public life there is a need to lie, and I think we’ve got to be honest with people about that. I actually think people understand that. For example, the Chancellor has to lie - professionally - over the exchange rate, because you can’t say ’Well, in two weeks time I intend to devalue’. You just can’t do it, you’ve got to lie. Jon: So lie professionally,...
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Indigenous ceremonies and climate change
Nature & Environment

Indigenous ceremonies and climate change

...public and media. It is intended to generate understanding of Indigenous experiences and perspectives and to increase a sense of urgency in confronting the core issue of COP26: global climate change. Indigenous communities are among those most affected by Climate Change. As sea levels rise and forests burn, as the Arctic warms and wildlife suffers, many places and ways of...
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