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Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...centre by a brooch detail. She is sat on the left holding a book in one hand and he is sat on the right holding up a medallion.] Eadgyth and her husband Otto I, Magdeburg Cathedral. Chris 73/Wikimedia, CC BY In 2008 her tomb in Magdeburg in Germany was opened and, although carbon dating failed, isotopic tests confirmed that the remains were indeed Eadgyth’s. But...
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The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on
Science, Maths & Technology

The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on

...centre, straddling one of the main highways to Pakistan’s north. Crowds throng the hundreds of roadside shops. Balakot is back in business – but its people still have much to tell about the experience of picking up their lives again. Not all of this is the work of the aid effort. Some of the grandest assistance schemes produced the most meagre results. Everywhere you...
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Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...centred on tobacco and later cotton which proved unsuccessful. In need of an alternative crop, and with the assistance of the Dutch, Barbados began harvesting and cultivating sugar cane. And this was the game changer. The exponential growth in demand for sugar coupled with the autonomous, finance-driven economy that had been created worked together to ensure vast...
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A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...Centre Charlotte has an impressive background in leadership, music programming, event management, working with not-for-profit organisations, fund raising and music media. Since 2008, she has worked at Oh Yeah, rising to the position of Creative Development Director. Aside from her many accomplishments in this role, she was the co-founder of Love Music Hate Racism Northern...
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What is COVID-19?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is COVID-19?

...researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles found that under optimal conditions the virus may survive for up to 24 hours on cardboard surfaces and perhaps as long as 72 hours on plastic or stainless steel. Viruses, unlike bacteria, are unable to multiply in the environment, and further work is required to elucidate the infective potential of virus particles...
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Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution
Society, Politics & Law

Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution

...Research I’ve conducted with colleagues at the Open University and the University of Leeds shows how platforms can work. But they also face the challenge of maintaining their democratic nature and not becoming centralised and more commerically-driven. For-profit democratic sharing economy platforms are very few and far between (we couldn’t identify any successful...
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Have we got Wonga wrong? A defence of payday loans
Money & Business

Have we got Wonga wrong? A defence of payday loans

...Research, UK payday loan borrowers are most likely to be young adults with below average incomes, using payday loans with more savvy than is popularly depicted. In the UK, 67% have a household income of below £25,000 compared to the US where it is closer to 75%. Moreover, while payday borrowers in the US tend to be adults without bank accounts and with poor,...
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What are the secrets of enduring love?
Society, Politics & Law

What are the secrets of enduring love?

...research study with over five thousand people in long-term relationships. We wanted to find out what they were actually doing to make their relationships work, so that we could share their secrets with you. In this book we’ve brought together the findings of that study with what we know from other research on love, and from relationship therapy, to give you the low-down...
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