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Why books are a lifeline for prisoners
Society, Politics & Law

Why books are a lifeline for prisoners

...working on their own stories. One read a poem he had written about his family, accompanied by another inmate, finger-picking on a guitar. It was an eye-opener. In my experience, well-meaning projects for prisons can sometimes have a whiff of do-goodery about them, but the book share was clearly having obvious and immediate effects. For a start, it was strengthening...
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...working- and lower middle-class Victorians. Given the limited time available for leisure, the importance of the Sunday newspaper as a form of entertainment becomes clear. Violent Victorians today Some of this may be familiar to you. Discrete pieces – such as execution broadsides, or penny bloods – are occasionally brought out to titillate 21st century audiences, to...
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Derry Air: the new local history
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Derry Air: the new local history

...social science circles. It has been made particularly popular by the concept and practice of so-called ‘reflexive anthropology’: taking seriously, and reporting on the researcher’s own experience (‘experience’ being another valid concept today), a logical extension of the long-established anthropological ‘participant observation’. So taking serious account...
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The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times
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The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times

...the local wheat around Northampton. These days, it seems that you can have ‘localness', without actually being local. John Allen is a Professor of Economic Geography. He wrote on the courses Introducing the Social Sciences (DD102), and Living in a Globalised World (DD205). He is currently working on DD213, Environment & Society. Explore globalisation and cereals...
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St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon

...work in an advertisement for Rumford baking powder, where Lucia is depicted with a plate of buns and coffee, alongside a recipe for lussekatter. The advertisement claims that she brings ‘a foretaste of the delights of Christmas baking’, both highlighting Lucia’s role in holiday traditions and appealing to the ideals of homemaking during the festive season....
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Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
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Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...works as an advocate for others with the same condition. Comments on twitter questioned her womanhood, saying they were ‘not convinced’ that she is ‘female’ and that she’s ‘the manliest woman I have ever seen’. [Heather Fisher of Great Britain makes a break past Stacey Flood of Ireland] Heather Fisher of Great Britain makes a break past Stacey Flood of...
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United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
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United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool

...Social Sciences qualifications. Background In March 2001, Glasgow City Council decided to close what was to many residents in the heart of Glasgow’s Southside, the famous historic baths and washhouse in Calder Street, Govanhill, against the wishes of the local community. A small group of local people attended the final evening session before closure and refused to...
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Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
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Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...Social Care courses and qualifications. Becoming a widow When my husband Alan was dying, one of the thoughts that haunted me every day I cared for him was: soon I would become a widow. I was 60 and Alan was 63 when on 21 November 2017 he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. We had met in 2006 and married in 2014 and neither of us had children from our previous...
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