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Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...history (for him) in the form of the American Revolution for confirmation of this fact. As Shelley put it in his poem: “Then will oppression’s iron influence show; The great man’s comfort as the poor man’s woe.” How to achieve peaceful and lasting change in modern societies remains an unanswered question, and one that’s ripe for fresh action and inspiration....
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Florida just wants it over
Society, Politics & Law

Florida just wants it over

...history. They take a pragmatic view of her wheeling and dealing and lapses of judgement, arguing – not unreasonably – that there’s probably no politician who has reached her level of power without sailing close to the wind. For Trump’s most vehement supporters, meanwhile, a Clinton victory would simply confirm that the system is, as their hero likes to proclaim,...
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Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...history of addressing LGBTQ issues, so Anna’s episode was unlikely to attract a particularly trans-supportive audience. For us, this made it the ideal show to study transgender portrayals and how they might influence viewers across the ideological spectrum. Do minor subplots make a difference? Because HH&S had consulted on the storyline, the members of USA Network’s...
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Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?
Nature & Environment

Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?

...history. Eleven workers died in the explosion and sinking of the oil rig, and more than 4 million barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists have estimated that the spill caused more than US$17 billion in damages to natural resources. I served on the bipartisan National Commission that investigated the causes of this epic blowout. We spent six months...
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Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...history at school; philosophy and biology at university. He was equally at home in the worlds of literature and science. And one of the great features of his theory is that it links our biological being with the meanings that constitute our experience. Becoming a great scientist was Freud’s initial ambition but - for practical reasons - he eventually turned to what we...
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“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004
Society, Politics & Law

“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004

...history’. Although there is no memorial, no yearly commemoration and, importantly, no real recognition, not only of their determination and struggle but also of how, as a result, our understanding of early years’ education was transformed in public consciousness and in reality. This short piece, based partly on research conducted during the strike in 2004 (see Mooney...
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The Industrial Revolution and Time
History & The Arts

The Industrial Revolution and Time

...History qualifications Before the middle of the eighteenth century - the beginning of the Industrial Revolution - perceptions of time were generally hazy, (except perhaps for a handful of scientists). The means by which the passage of time were measured were rough and ready. A stick in the ground – or any conspicuous landmark – cast shadows whose lengths varied as the...
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Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...Them”: Stigmatised Knowledge in Cults and Conspiracies,’ in Asbjørn Dyrendal, David Robertson and Egil Asprem (eds.) Brill Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion. Brill: 152-179. Newcombe, S. (2017) ‘Yogis, Ayurveda and Kayakalpa– The Rejuvenation of Pandit Malaviya’ History of Science in South Asia 5(2): 85–120. DOI: 10.18732/hssa.v5i2.29...
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