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Remembering Ali: How do The Philippines remember The Thrilla In Manila?
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Ali: How do The Philippines remember The Thrilla In Manila?

...succeeded in redirecting public attention from the alleged excesses committed by the military-backed government toward the boxing game. Facebook user Manny Payumo wrote how the ‘Thrilla in Manila’ led to fewer anti-government protests a week before the event: I was at the college of engineering during the Thrilla in Manila fight at Araneta Coliseum. The week into the...
Selling Empire: Posters
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Posters

...work is sometimes described as having elements of Cubism and Futurism. [EMB poster Motor Manufacturing] 'Motor Manufacturing', by Clive Gardiner, from the 'Empire Buying Makes Busy Factories' series of posters; 60 x 40 ins, displayed September 1928; Waterlow and Sons Ltd; EMB ref C1; (TNA) CO956/258 Any attempt to claim that EMB posters adopt particular styles to...
The Life of Saint David
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint David

...work on the lives of the saints tells the story of Wales' patron saint...[St David] About the Year 544. ST. DAVID, in Welch Dewid, was son of Xantus, prince of Ceretica, now Cardiganshire. He was brought up in the service of God, and being ordained priest, retired into the Isle of Wight, and embraced an ascetic life, under the direction of Paulinus, a learned and holy...
Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society

...working life that result from her class or the career itself or her workplace. She's determined to succeed and she assumes that any failure to progress is her own fault, because she isn't working hard enough. This might sound like the beginning of a celebrity success story. In this case, however, Walkerdine suggests it's the story of someone who blames herself when the...
The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982

...preventing closure, and the women returned to their machines on 18 March 1982 to work for Modewear Ltd. The dispute is highly significant in our understandings of women’s opposition to factory closure in the period. Cumbernauld: the growth of a new town Cumbernauld was one of five new towns designated in post-Second World War Scotland to combat the overcrowding of people and industry in Glasgow, and to take some of the ......
Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette
Society, Politics & Law

Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette

...work benefits – in case the Supreme Court’s Brexit verdict forces an early election. Big infrastructure projects are a favoured way to kickstart stalling economies because they can quickly create jobs in areas that most need them. They also generate income that mostly gets spent, boosting other activity. Such projects can pay for themselves through extra tax revenues...
Disraeli on Munich
History & The Arts

Disraeli on Munich

...succeeding generations; and posterity accepts them as the standard of what is choice, and the model of what is excellent. Classic Greece and Christian Italy stand out in our universal annals as the epochs of the Arts. During the last two centuries, while manners have undergone a rapid transition, while physical civilisation has advanced in an unprecedented degree, and the...
Ireland and the Battle of The Somme
OpenLearn Ireland

Ireland and the Battle of The Somme

...succeeded in holding only some of these whereas other Corps, notably the XIII and XV, did retain the territory they had gained. Also, the focus on the 36th has resulted in the achievements and sacrifices of other Irish soldiers being largely forgotten, yet they too fought bravely and suffered heavy casualties. Over 200,000 Irishmen fought in British forces in World War...