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Consulting the oracle at Delphi
History & The Arts

Consulting the oracle at Delphi

...project map provides two routes to the chapters: either use the <> at the foot of the text pane to move between chapters, or use the ‘Place Detail’ view to explore the 20 references to Delphi in Book 1. Having established Delphi as the one true source of divine wisdom, Croesus asks Apollo’s priestess his key question: should he launch a...
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The healing power of nature writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The healing power of nature writing

...projected outside of us. Again, this can be therapeutic, as seeing our anxiety contained outside of us may help release some of our feelings. [A large, decaying tree with a wood in the background] Work generated from these activities might be developed into a poem or story. The process often involves redrafting or revising, where certain ideas can be expanded and placed...
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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

...Available at: https://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/2017/10/24/uk-sport-statement-on-culture [Accessed 25th November 2020]. Sarkar, M. (2019) How to create psychological resilience [podcast]. The Athlete Development Project. Available at: https://athletedevelopmentproject.com/2020/01/ep-72-mustafa-sarkar-how-to-create-psychological-resilience/ [Accessed 11th August 2020]....
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COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit
Nature & Environment

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit

...projects in the pipeline will see output rise from 23 gigawatts (GW) today to 50GW by 2031. The Barakah nuclear power plant (the Arab world’s first) started generating electricity in 2020. While only meeting 1% of the country’s electricity demand, when fully operational in 2030, this may rise to 25%. The oil sector is inherently capital-intensive, not
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Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...introduction to learning French, incorporating language, culture and intercultural communication. Practical activities and audio-visual materials will bring the language to life throughout. After studying this course, you'll be equipped with a clear understanding of what learning French is like. You will feel confident about whether French is the language for you, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...projections, there may not be a happy ending to this morality tale. Bearish instincts and their ability to plan and act propels them to enter the human domain. The language of media refers to an ‘invasion’ emphasising that to humans they are in many ways unwanted refugees, immigrants fleeing from disaster and heading into a hostile world that does not understand them...
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Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation
History & The Arts

Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation

...project where the young Davy had been taken on as laboratory assistant. It had opened the previous March in Hotwells, a run-down spa at the foot of the Avon Gorge outside Bristol. Originally developed to rival nearby Bath, Hotwells had dwindled to a downmarket cluster of cheap clinics and miracle-cure outfits offering hydrotherapy or mesmerism to those in the desperate...
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Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...manages to hide. The short conversation that follows between Draco and Dumbledore caught my attention: Albus Dumbledore: Good evening, Draco. What brings you here on this fine, spring evening? Draco Malfoy: Who else is here? I heard you talking. Albus Dumbledore: I often talk aloud to myself. I find it extraordinarily useful. The fact that Dumbledore was lying in this...
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