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Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for

...centre back may have to be addressed if England are to be successful. All being well, England would be predicted to face France in a semi-final and then Germany or Spain in the final. Who are the contenders to win? There were six teams – England, France, Portugal, Romania, Hungary and Belgium – who came through the qualifying stages unbeaten. Portugal had the best...
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Rwanda: an open and shut case?
Society, Politics & Law

Rwanda: an open and shut case?

...centred on the question of whether Rwanda can be considered a safe country. This article considers how this question was decided by the UK’s Supreme Court and why that decision did not ultimately resolve the issue...Case open In December 2022, a case was brought by several asylum seekers in the High Court to challenge the lawfulness of the Rwanda policy. Among other...
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Selling Empire: Exhibitions
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Exhibitions

...centre-stage in an exhibition. [Crystal Palace] 'Festival of Empire' By the 1911 Festival of Empire, Empire had become the main spectacle. In 1911, you could view colonial produce arranged in scale models of the Dominions’ Houses of Parliaments (as in the postcard shown here), as well as in a Malay village, and an Indian ‘jungle’ with animals running free. You could...
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Eco-art, Sustainable Art, art as activism
History & The Arts

Eco-art, Sustainable Art, art as activism

...Centre for Creative Practices, where I met fellow artist Leia Mocan, who works exclusively with upcycled materials found in illegal waste in the streets of the city. Given the fact that 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are thrown away each year, she has a plethora of free materials at her disposal. “Plastic Pillar” is a real-life scale sculpture of a woman created...
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Britain’s dark history of criminalising the homeless
Society, Politics & Law

Britain’s dark history of criminalising the homeless

...centres), these sites are routinely monitored by criminal justice agencies, bringing the homeless under direct surveillance and control. [Homeless person] Modern-day vagrants The criminalisation of the homeless can be traced back to 1824 and beyond when vagrancy laws were implemented to control the spread of “urban poverty” at the height of the industrial revolution....
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Безкоштовні онлайн-ресурси для українців, які проживають у Великобританії та Ірландії
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Безкоштовні онлайн-ресурси для українців, які проживають у Великобританії та Ірландії

...Centres (Ireland) Загальні поради та підтримка (англійською мовою) Migrant Help Freedom from Torture Helen Bamber Foundation British Red Cross Refugee Services The Refugee Council (England) The Scottish Refugee Council The Welsh Refugee Council Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Citizens Information Ireland...
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The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill
History & The Arts

The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill

...at Devizes © Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre Treadmill at HMP Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire © Crown copyright NMR ref: bb90/14698 Learn more with OpenLearn [Open Talks from The Open University in Wales] Open Talks is a video series where Open University academics share their expertise and passion on a subject or issue of their choice. Watch more from Open Talks...
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The rural dimension – after rundale
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The rural dimension – after rundale

...centred on the holding. This might have been useful for efficiency of agricultural organisation, but isolated the dwelling from its neighbours and hence was at variance with traditional social practice. [Malin Beg during rundale in 1840] A rundale cluster in Malin Beg This pattern now prevails over much of rural Ireland, but in many parts of the West one sees a variant in...
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