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Left behind?
Society, Politics & Law

Left behind?

...De Niro, Marilyn Monroe, Nicole Kidman, Lewis Carroll, Bart Simpson, Harpo Marx, Spike Lee, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Uri Geller, Albert Einstein, Napoleon Bonaparte, Aristotle, Marie Curie, Joan of Arc, Winston Churchill, Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Bobby Charlton, Pele, Diego Maradona, and Martina Navratilova got in common? Not got...
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How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility
Society, Politics & Law

How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility

...de-skilling by building new cultural capital, such as professional credentials in the destination society. Second, migrants' strategies and positionings operate across different fields. For example, among our interview participants, we have found that within the field of family, caring for children may be an obstacle to migrant women accessing the labour market and...
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Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners
Science, Maths & Technology

Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners

...de Brinvilliers who used arsenic, among other things, to murder members of her family to inherit property, and Madeleine Smith who allegedly murdered her lover in Glasgow in the 1850s. Famous victims of arsenic poisoning include: King George III whose hair was found to contain large amounts of arsenic. Napoleon Bonaparte who may have been poisoned by the copper arsenite...
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Indigenous ceremonies and climate change
Nature & Environment

Indigenous ceremonies and climate change

...de Papantla erected a tall pole in a park near the Grenville Tower, London, and the performers enacted a 1500-year-old ceremony originally intended to end a long-lasting drought. While one person stood on a small platform at the top of the pole, four others, roped to the pole, “flew” to the ground in unfurling spirals. You can see part of this in an extract from an OU...
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Sherry is not just for Christmas
Science, Maths & Technology

Sherry is not just for Christmas

...de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain] All these sherries can be described as dry, with the more familiar cream sherry being made by mixing the oxidised Oloroso with a very sweet sherry made from a different grape, called Pedro Ximenez or PX. The fortified wine is aged in barrels made from American oak in a system known as a solera. Effectively the barrels are placed on top...
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Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices

...Des Wilson Dr Jack Weir Bishop Edward Daly Brendan Duddy John Hume David Trimble Ian Paisley Albert Reynolds Charles Haughey Robin Masefield Sir John Wilsey Sir Patrick Mayhew Margaret Thatcher Sir John Hermon Nelson Mandela Martti Ahtisaari Seamus Kelters Stephen Grimason Ken Reid [The funeral of Belfast republican Brendan McFarlane]The funeral of Belfast republican...
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The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...de la Concorde will create an impressive backdrop to showcase the talent and skills of the competing B-Boys and B-Girls, as breakers are known, but will it overcome the arguments of the critics that it is not really a sport? The following video introduces GB breaker Sam Phillips, a.k.a B-Boy Sheku. Sam talks about training as an athlete and dancing like an artist....
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Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing

...De Silva, M., McKenzie, K., Harpham, T., and Huttly, S. (2005) ‘Social capital and mental illness: a systematic review.’ Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 59, 8, 619-627. Leach, J. (2015) Improving Mental Health through Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Mind (2004) Not Alone? Isolation and...
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