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Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin
History & The Arts

Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin

...Thinking About What Matters, a collection of essays about everything, from writing to ageing, was published in December 2017. She was a strong female voice of dissent within male-dominated genres. She challenged race stereotypes in fantasy and science fiction. She had a long-lasting influence on a younger generation of writers. Le Guin’s work has been iconic for a...
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Battle of Thermopylae
History & The Arts

Battle of Thermopylae

...Thinking about the differences, and similarities, in these treatments of the Battle of Thermopylae, what effect do you think it has on us in trying to be ‘enquiring historians’? Exploring ‘place’ in the Classical world [Thermopylae today] Site of the Battle of Thermopylae today Knowing where places were, which places were near each other, and which were distant,...
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Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...think about their own lives and death and learn how to support others. Evaluation of these courses has shown that they reduce fears around death and dying, help people to consider and plan for their own death, and increase their confidence to engage with friends, family and community members who are experiencing death, dying and loss. The evidence suggests that empowering...
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Sniffing out signs of life
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out signs of life

...think about the difference between the smell of rising dough and the smell of baking bread coming from a hot oven! Smells or odours aren’t always detectable by the human nose but they are present in much of the Earth and its atmosphere, forests, oceans and cities (Figure 2). VOCs can be produced by industrial processes and from all life found on Earth (for example...
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How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?
Society, Politics & Law

How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?

...think you could fake those kinds of emotions when she is going through it like that”. Another said that he found her “convincing” because “she was emotional and upset right from the start”. That said, the complainant was sometimes seen as not emotional enough to be a credible rape victim. One juror said that they did not believe her story as “she didn't come...
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Can animals be courageous?
History & The Arts

Can animals be courageous?

...thinks that this is a fatal objection to Nicias’s suggestion. Laches is assuming that it is just obvious that boars, stags and lions can be courageous, even though they do not have the kind of knowledge Nicias is describing. Nicias, though, digs in his heels. Animals, he insists, cannot be courageous. And this is just because they do not have the ability to predict...
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The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...think about the image of Jane Austen as it appears on the new banknote, however, allows us to think about what Austen means in contemporary culture. The choice itself suggests, for instance, that her image has become generally recognisable, or that if it isn’t, then it should be. It suggests, moreover, that Austen, whether you consider her as a person, an author, or a...
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Building peace through teaching Remembrance Sunday
Education & Development

Building peace through teaching Remembrance Sunday

...think about the place those people took up in the world, the relationships they had and the spaces they left. The Imperial War Museums’ Lives of the First World War contains many personal stories about the lives of men and women from across the British Commonwealth that peace educators can use as a starting point for thinking about the effects of violent conflict. For...
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