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Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by the first world war
History & The Arts

Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by the first world war

...family lived and worked at a remote farm outside Trawsfynydd in north-west Wales, called Yr Ysgwrn. Evan Evans bought his son a book on the rules of strict-metre Welsh verse when Hedd Wyn was 11 years old. He read the book with passion and enthusiasm, and soon mastered the difficult and intricate rules of strict-metre verse, known as cynghanedd. He wrote his first ever...
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Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?
Nature & Environment

Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?

...family farm in Sussex. [Tractor in a field by a lake] Contemporary haymaking working on a much larger scale. Meadow species are uniquely adapted to the annual cycle of summer hay cutting and aftermath grazing that has been shaping them for centuries. Since World War II, some 97% of our precious wildflower meadows have been lost, due to agricultural intensification, land...
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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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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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Are you ready for online study?
Digital & Computing

Are you ready for online study?

...family life, and access materials at any time. However, this flexibility can quickly become overwhelming when students are required to navigate digital platforms. Having a computer and an internet connection is not always enough to succeed in online study. Many students struggle not because they lack access to technology, but because they lack the digital skills needed...
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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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