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Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
History & The Arts

Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age

...family that had led military efforts towards independence. By the late 1660s, the Dutch Republic had become roiled by costly and disastrous wars with England and a growing public backlash against its liberal, republican rulers and their values. Into the fray came a remarkable book – and a remarkable author – which aimed to defuse the situation and protect the fragile...
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Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

...families, communities and workplaces. Political grief, while painful, can become a bridge as well as a barrier. Yet here lies an opportunity. Political grief, while painful, can become a bridge as well as a barrier. When we recognise that people across the political spectrum are grieving – even if they grieve different losses – we can begin to see our common humanity....
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Dealing with Change
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dealing with Change

...family member) or a change in life circumstances (retirement, redundancy, birth of a child, changes to physical and mental health). Changes can be positive or negative, expected or unexpected, planned or unplanned. The impact of the change can sometimes be experienced in contrast to the nature of the change itself: a positive change can have negative impacts, and vice...
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Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...family break-up, and even losing her personal freedom by going to jail. Yet she seems to have come out with no bitterness and resumed her peaceful struggle, eventually reaching greater heights, including government minister when democratic reforms came. She made environmental issues not only a concern of Kenya’s but also Africa’s concern, through the Green Belt...
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Eid al-Adha
History & The Arts

Eid al-Adha

...family members and then gather with friends and relatives to give each other gifts and to enjoy a meal together (and they may exchange special greetings cards). As well as an opportunity for prayer and rejoicing, Eid al-Adha is time for gratitude when people will thank God for all the blessings they have received. It is a time for generosity too, and Muslims are...
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Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?
History & The Arts

Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?

...family or comrades of the deceased to pay for their safe passage. Without it, the soul could be trapped on the banks of the river forever on the other side, the soul passed by the three-headed guard dog Cerberus to enter the gates to the Underworld proper. Cerberus was friendly to the arriving souls – wagging his tail and encouraging them to pet him – but would attack...
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Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...family in Florence. [Perseus and Andromeda by Frederic, Lord Leighton] Fig 2 By contrast, more recent versions of Medusa have attempted to give her a more human spin: in Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Medusa’ poem, for example (part of The World’s Wife collection (1999)), the myth is used as a metaphor for a jealous woman who’s been betrayed by her lover. The romantic...
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On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...history by successfully demonstrating his primitive television system to a public audience. Almost eleven years later, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began broadcasting the world’s first regular high-definition television service, on the 2nd of November 1936. Television broadcasts were suspended with the outbreak ofthe Second World War. When they resumed in...
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