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Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace

...religion. A senior officer shared this thought: “If a society wishes to rely on policing to referee their disputes, absorb financial cut after financial cut, deal with a past bigger than us all, and manage all the new threats that every society faces, then they will end up with a tired, overstretched service full of people trying to do their best in impossible...
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...religion; our modern Games have 42 disciplines, compared to the six of the Classical world; today, men and women of all nationalities are invited to compete, whilst, according to the Greek author Pausanias (V.6.7-8), any woman of marriageable age discovered at the Ancient Olympic festival supposedly risked being thrown off a cliff; today athletes wear light clothes (often...
Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...religion—there are fun, creative ways you can use language that so the same thing. It would be great, however, if these activities were taking place outside of private spaces like Snapchat, as we desperately need more of this kind of content on public digital platforms. How you can help So, I want to leave you with four ways to consider for creatively documenting...
After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...religions and classes united against the British. Student demonstrations led to strikes by transport workers supported by trade unions, and morphed into a national general strike that paralysed the country. Rioting broke out in Cairo and other places such as Tanta. British forces opened fire on these demonstrations and killed many people. March 15 1919 saw a massive...
Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...religion. Cronin argues that sport is: the third largest global business after oil and sex and although there is no longer a British Empire, sport is one of the two main legacies of colonialism along with the English language. (Mike Cronin in The State of Play, 2012) Even if you have no interest in it, it is difficult to ignore football (especially during global events...
Fossil evidence for evolution
History & The Arts

Fossil evidence for evolution

...But once you start reading Genesis as scientifically valid, you have bad science and bad religion". To put it bluntly, the contributions of creationists to discussions of evolution today are on a par with what astrologers have to say about astronomy, or crystal healing folk about mineralogy. This year, indeed, we may say that they are exactly 150 years behind the times!...
Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...religion, dialect, ethnicity, values – England is unified by a commodity, and this makes sense because London is the most prominent European financial market (but until how long after Brexit?). Language, Taal, Lingua Sara: Uit je verschillende werken blijkt je fascinatie voor taal en vertaling. Waarom denk je dat taal en vertaling belangrijke thema’s zijn? In hoeverre...
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...religion or belief sex sexual orientation. (Equality Act 2010) Each of these protected characteristics identified in the EqA 2010 has related specific legislation that protects individuals having that characteristic from discrimination. The EqA 2010 provides further guidance and explanation concerning each of these protected characteristics. Finally, it provides for the...