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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...changed the societies in which they lived. Through interviews with men and women across the world about how these women are viewed today, the programme ties their achievements to present-day understandings of women’s place in society. The programme thus makes the polemical argument that the history of women is ultimately the history of women’s liberation....
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Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?

...change in position. Following the House of Commons vote, the financial chief secretary to the treasury, David Gauke said he would “raise this issue with the European Commission and other member states setting out our views that it should be possible for member states to apply a zero-rate to sanitary products.” It is surprising that a request has not been made to the...
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Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?
Money & Business

Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?

...changing consumer patterns, online retailing and out-of-town shopping. There are grains of truth in this, but at its core, this is a tale of a business being out-competed by smarter, nimbler rivals over a number of years. BHS, formerly British Home Stores, became a town centre stalwart after opening its first shop in Brixton back in 1928. More recently, the brand has been...
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Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?
Society, Politics & Law

Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?

...change. I recently discovered first hand that this presumption is wrong and seriously misguides British public perception of post-EU relations with Europe. Even more serious, it serves as a barrier to establishing a rational negotiating strategy by Theresa May’s government. In the same way that there remains disagreement in the UK over whether or not Brexit should still...
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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

...change over time as new generations arrive. Ties that bind, with some important disputes Labour people have different understandings of the party’s ethos, and these affect their views and actions with regard to its political direction. Depending on their relative strength, these alternative understandings can affect the dominant ethos at a given time. Yet, while...
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How good were the pollster's predictions?
Science, Maths & Technology

How good were the pollster's predictions?

...are most adept at taking and changing aim. So will the lesson be learned for next time? Possibly. But next time, under-25s might not turn out in anything like the same numbers – or a different demographic altogether might surprise everyone. We might not have long to wait to find out. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?

...changed policy offering in parliament. Gone (possibly for good) are the bold and controversial plans for a network of new selective grammar schools. These had generated much opposition over the past year but were one of the prime minister’s most personal policy goals. Also removed is the equally controversial proposal to abolish free infant school meals. This was a...
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Introducing the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematical
History & The Arts

Introducing the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematical

...out after the rest, I chose to insert in places less suitable, rather than change the number of the propositions and the citations. I heartily beg that what I have here done may be read with candor; and that the defects I have been guilty of upon this difficult subject may be not so much reprehended as kindly supplied, and investigated by new endeavors of my readers....
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