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Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
History & The Arts

Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen

...children’, insisting ‘you must not do it anymore’. There’s a contrast with Bob Dylan’s ‘Highway 61 Revisited’, which includes a version of the same story. Dylan’s interest is on God as a psychopathic bully who compels Abraham to submit; Isaac is unnamed. What’s unusual about ‘Story of Isaac’ is that it shows Cohen lining up on the side of the young...
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Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred

...children, that perennial source of hope and joy, without which we might well be content to let the world slide. And even greater at the present time is our duty to those brave soldiers and sailors of the kingdom and Empire who are fortunate enough to be home on leave. Let us send them back one and all cheered, refreshed and reinvigorated, while we have no doubt that the...
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How can you exercise safely in the heat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you exercise safely in the heat?

...children, the elderly and pregnant women – as long as precautions are taken, running in temperatures as high as 30-35℃ is fine. A number of running events take place in extreme heat (over 35℃), such as Badwater, the 135-mile ultra-marathon that takes place in Death Valley, California, where temperatures can sore to over 50℃. There is also the annual Marathon des...
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Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper
Society, Politics & Law

Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper

...children, the amount of applications could quickly pile up. All family members will have to fill in a separate form for residency paperwork, although they can put in their applications as a family group. The clout of these bits of paper will depend on the agreement reached between Brexit and EU negotiators. But what’s clear is those who had the right to reside in the UK...
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How to support neurodivergent mothers during pregnancy and birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to support neurodivergent mothers during pregnancy and birth

...children and adults, is a very useful tool to help plan for provision during pregnancy. A ‘doula’, a non-medical professional, may be hired to offer physical and emotional guidance during pregnancy and labour and can be an additional support for a neurodivergent mother. By considering these strategies, midwives and practitioners can create a more positive and...
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From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging
Society, Politics & Law

From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging

...we have to create or find a place where we belong. I think we shouldn’t be living somewhere we don’t belong. At the time of writing, Anila worked for Shakti Women's Aid in Edinburgh. This organisation helps BAME women, children and young people who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic abuse from a partner, ex-partner and/or other members of their household....
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Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?

...centred around Trudeau’s lack of gravitas. One such repeatedly aired ad took the form of a hiring committee reviewing Trudeau’s resume and deciding “he’s just not ready” – a committee member patronisingly, “nice hair though”. The constant streams of attack ads against Trudeau may well have backfired in. Public expectations about him were so lowered that...
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What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP) on 25.7%, the far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) on 12.1% and the pro-Kurdish left-wing Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on 10.5%. The AKP is predicted to take 312 seats in the 550-seat parliament, the CHP 135 seats, the HDP 60 and the MHP 43. This result is a big surprise, since pre-election polls forecast a result not...
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