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How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...children. But he also abused adults. Smith’s report isn’t a report exclusively about child sexual abuse: indeed, a majority of Savile’s BBC victims were legally adults. However, that they were over the age of consent is immaterial: they did not consent. Fast forward four years to the day the report was released. The Mail Online, anticipating the report, ran with a...
Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
Education & Development

Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes

...Children and young people benefit from intergenerational activity in a variety of ways. Engaging with different groups of people who they would not usually mix with (such as older people) can encourage them to become active and involved citizens. Working across generations can address the negativity felt by adults towards younger generations, and combat some of the...
Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?
Languages

Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?

...children Maria or Giuseppe anymore. Too traditional. Nevermind that people with an English first name and an Italian surname may sound like a character from The Godfather. People are not worried by that – and quite rightly so. Reaching out to foreign cultures, however goofily, is an act of curiosity and interest towards others. [The Ambassador to Italy Christopher...
What does the law say about a second Scottish independence referendum?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the law say about a second Scottish independence referendum?

...Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 2014 was ruled as illegal by the UK Supreme Court. It is now currently being amended. To ramp up the pressure on the UK government, Sturgeon has called for a vote of the Scottish parliament in mid-March to request a section 30 order. But this is one of those “symbolic” votes and would have no legal standing. It is up to...
There’s only one woman on the UK Brexit negotiating team – here’s why that matters
Society, Politics & Law

There’s only one woman on the UK Brexit negotiating team – here’s why that matters

...children are already overlooked, and are at significant risk of falling through the cracks in the new regime. Trade is a feminist issue When it comes to conditions attached to any future trade agreement, such as compliance with EU workplace rights, key women’s rights are at stake too. Rights relating to pregnancy discrimination, to compensation for discrimination, to...
A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
History & The Arts

A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws

...children in north London. Their relationship was uneasy to begin with – partly, at least, because Plath had secured the larger flat that Thomas had hoped to rent. Later, though, they developed a friendship of sorts. One afternoon, Thomas recalls in a short, privately published memoir, that they were reading the Observer, when Thomas chanced upon a review of The Bell...
Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions

...children. Robert suggests that women should be given the vote and their place in parliament as he feels that although women may not have the knowledge of economics and such, the skills they have for running a household would make them more than capable of running the country. ‘Look at the government today, look at Mr Asquith, at Mr Lloyd George, at Mr Gladstone, at Mr...
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship

...children, that they otherwise would not be able to reach. Moreover, it raises serious questions of how “objective” public institutions can be when receiving private funding. This is perhaps particularly problematic in an age of looming austerity and decreasing public services. Paul Harrison addresses these concerns in his article “Why schools and corporate brand...