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Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...central European countries. There have been occasional racist attacks but these remain a minority. The reason for this tolerance might be that Croatia has had a close experience of Islam for centuries as a former part of the Ottoman empire. Islam is culturally and architecturally visible and Muslims are a recognised minority group. The Islamic Community in Croatia – a...
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Safer battery could spark investment in renewables
Nature & Environment

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

...central heating running after sunset or on windless days. How much a house could store would depend only on the size of the tanks that held the two electrolytes. “This is chemistry I’d be happy to put in my basement,” says Michael Aziz, a professor of materials and energy technologies at Harvard, who has led the research. “The non-toxicity and the cheap, abundant...
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Will Brexit mean London loses its financial dominance?
Money & Business

Will Brexit mean London loses its financial dominance?

...Central Bank has already tried banning clearing houses outside the eurozone from trading the euro. But in 2015, the EU’s highest court disagreed. Hence London’s vulnerability may be overplayed: Brexit does not alter the status quo as the UK has never been a member of the eurozone. Insurance is another sector that’s European activity is highly concentrated in London...
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Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
History & The Arts

Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen

...central conceit is that there is no reciprocity – no peace treaty – between the believer and the deity. One of its harshest couplets is the refrain ‘I’m so sorry for the ghost I made you be/Only one of us was real – and that was me.’ The first line seems to suggest that the speaker is in the process of atoning, but the second line pulls this prospect away by...
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What’s the big deal about virginity?
History & The Arts

What’s the big deal about virginity?

...central public importance. The Vestals held the highly prestigious role of totems of the Roman Republic, guarded the sacred fire and performed purification rituals. Their virginity was regarded as a symbol of the Vestals’ purity that enabled them to act as intermediaries between the human and divine worlds. The corruption of this purity (through the loss of virginity)...
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Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit

...central theme, our approach – a form of conjunctural analysis that tried to align different temporal forces and movements and show how they were unevenly stitched together – does not necessarily solve the question of how to write about such a rapidly moving field. Others – such as Mishra in Age of Anger – have attempted to offer ‘grand theories’ which, while...
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'Hate the poor!': the new politics of loathing in vitriolic Britain
Society, Politics & Law

'Hate the poor!': the new politics of loathing in vitriolic Britain

...central London where notional property prices are highest, in the Daily Mail, The Sun and Daily Express. However, the characterisation of the young rioters and benefit claimants has surpassed all expectations. Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail, portrayed the riots as the politics of envy from 'feral inner city waifs and strays' otherwise engaged in grand theft auto,...
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Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15
Digital & Computing

Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15

...central role. From outsider to authority Once ridiculed for allowing anyone to edit it, Wikipedia is now the seventh most visited website in the world, and the most popular reference source among them. Wikipedia articles feature at the top of the majority of searches conducted on Google, Bing, and other search engines. In 2012, Google announced the Knowledge Graph which...
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