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Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...socialism and revolution were seen as an answer to the injustice faced by workers. By this time, the disparate and disorganised navvies had mostly moved across to the railway construction which had superseded the declining canal building industry. However, there was still the Manchester Ship Canal to complete - the swansong for the navvies and hailed as the greatest...
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How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?

...social determinants into account. Here’s how she neatly wove that in: Strength abounds in Harlem. Three hundred years of oppression and it survives. This is the task in Harlem, to see strength where it exists, to expect it to be there, right there, next to, and a part of nature, nurture and noxia. Even anger may show strength. It can sustain a child and protect him...
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Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?

...social engagement. My results suggest one concrete avenue where greater political attentiveness may produce clear benefits – greater sanctioning of politicians who misuse public office for personal or political gain. This article was originally published by LSE USAPP blog under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence and is based on the paper, ’Uninformed Voters and Corrupt...
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What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...social bonds that functioned like contracts. Over 20 months from 2013 to 2015, I interviewed more than 100 garbage collectors, scrap buyers and policymakers and worked alongside collectors on their garbage collection routes, at their homes where they sort and sell the scrap, and at recycling factories. At the site where I did the bulk of my research, around 100 scrap...
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How the sausage links us together
History & The Arts

How the sausage links us together

...social history We may think of sausages as a plebeian food eaten first by peasants and then by the working class – but many of Europe’s most iconic sausages were probably devised to please the palates of the rich. In the 16th century, salamis, capicolli pork sausages and other preserved meats were luxuries enjoyed by city dwellers, which also provided a bit of income...
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Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars
Society, Politics & Law

Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars

...social media. The impact of breaking the silence on sexual violence in and beyond Hollywood has been lauded as Hollywood actors, alongside hotel housekeepers, activists and agricultural workers, collectively known as the silence breakers, became Time magazine person of the year for 2017. Speaking out The importance of speaking up and telling the truth is stressed more and...
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Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...social and environmental aspects. [Photos of London's River Thames] Canary Wharf - a major financial district in London The future for London? The Thames Barrier was not intended to protect against sea-level rises caused by climate change (Humphreys, 2018). When it came into being it was expected to be used 2-3 times per year. That rate of use has increased in the 2000s...
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Selling Empire: Posters
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Posters

...social services. So hope of improving the colonies’ trade combined with need to counter growing restlessness, and forestall international criticism. For more commentary on African imagery, see: Mark Connelly, ‘ “Jungles to-day are Gold Mines Tomorrow”: Depictions of Africa and Africans in Empire Marketing Board Posters, 1926-1933’, Blog, October 2021. For...
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