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What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...work together, and to co-exist. Haka, like any other ritual preparing a tribe for war, was an expression of one’s strength, pride and unity. Such was the influence of haka that it was not unusual to see children mimicking many of the actions. It was also an enjoyable pastime to see who could perform the fiercest pukana (protruding of the tongues and eyes) and to act out...
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Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?
Society, Politics & Law

Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?

...working people in our country for years to come.’ Again, there was no time to pause for a history lesson but in its parliamentary setting, this echoes the phrase used by another Tory Prime Minister, the Earl of Derby, in 1867 during the passage of the Second Reform Bill. The crucial difference is that Lord Derby was advocating a leap in the dark and it was one which...
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How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?

...working on the words for numbers as these have the same meaning in any language. The longest path of development simulated so far goes backwards 8,000 years from English one to its PIE ancestor oinos, and likewise for other numerals. They have also ‘gone forwards’ from the PIE penkwe to the modern Greekpente, modern Welsh pimp and modern English five, as well as...
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Do independent enterprises really matter?
Money & Business

Do independent enterprises really matter?

...works, (a few) small firms are bound to grow into big ones, whether it’s via acquisition or organic (internal) growth. There will still be opportunities for the next generation of start-ups in the ‘interstices’ (spaces) left behind as the big firms grow – yes, big business does sometimes crush smaller rivals, but that’s ultimately a failure of political...
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Information blackout at the Council of Europe?
Nature & Environment

Information blackout at the Council of Europe?

...work and there is, unfortunately, no reason to think that this lacuna of openness is any different in many other areas. As the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents states, “all official documents are in principle public and can be withheld subject only to the protection of other rights and legitimate interests”. This recognises the absolute...
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Will Brexit force British retirees to return from Spain?
Money & Business

Will Brexit force British retirees to return from Spain?

...work by law scholars Tamara Hervey at the University of Sheffield and Joaquin Cayon-De Las Cuevas at the University of Cantabria. Another concern is pensions and whether annual increases in the state pension will continue to be paid after Brexit. These increments are not paid to those living outside of the EU in countries like Canada and Australia, whose state pension is...
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How the ZX Spectrum and ZX81 shaped Frank Sidebottom
History & The Arts

How the ZX Spectrum and ZX81 shaped Frank Sidebottom

...worked alone. Their programs – lines of code recorded onto cassette for playback – would sometimes be self-published and sold through adverts in computer magazines. The more successful coders might gain a lucrative distribution deal with a leading games company such as Bug-Byte, Mastertronic or Virgin, and see their work in shops nationwide. They were often seen as...
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Labour to the marrow: Exploring the party's ethos
Society, Politics & Law

Labour to the marrow: Exploring the party's ethos

...work on culture, who suggested people were shaped by a ‘structure of feeling’: this was ‘as firm and definite as “structure” suggests, yet it operates in the most delicate and least tangible parts of our activity’. With ethos being both structural and constitutive, it provides the lifeblood of institutions and actors, yet has the capacity to interact and...
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