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Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?
History & The Arts

Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?

...intelligence helps order our world, but in modern adaptations it has become a curse or pathology. Not everyone can be Holmes, but in his monstrous contemporary form surely hardly anyone would want to be Holmes. In asking why Holmes continues to appeal, maybe it is a mistake to focus on Sherlock himself. It is not so much Holmes’s intellect that changes, but how others...
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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
History & The Arts

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

...intelligence service, Dragutin Dimitrijević (also known as Apis), and members of the ‘Black Hand’ were behind the assassination just as they had been behind the unsuccessful attempt to kill Kaiser Franz Joseph in 1910. The would-be assassins were trained in the use of weapons in Belgrade and equipped with four revolvers and six small bombs from the Serbian state...
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How you can be more secure than the President
Digital & Computing

How you can be more secure than the President

...intelligence agents and there is some evidence that phones belonging to senior members of the United States government have been compromised in the past. The President’s reported refusal to hand over his phone on a monthly basis is because he finds the process ‘inconvenient’. And he’s not alone. Updating a computer or a phone to install the latest security updates...
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'Can anybody hear us?' The Day After, 40 years on
History & The Arts

'Can anybody hear us?' The Day After, 40 years on

...intelligently about the arms race; detractors say it preaches appeasement.’ Luc-André: Immediately after the broadcast on the same channel there was a televised panel discussion of invited experts. Really high-level people like Henry Kissinger, Robert McNamara and Carl Sagan were brought in to analyse the film. That's unthinkable now, to have a TV film and then have...
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What do we know about the seven Earth-like planets?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do we know about the seven Earth-like planets?

...intelligence to emerge. So while we may not expect advanced civilisations to exist on the TRAPPIST-1 planets, some simple lifeforms may be in the works or already exist. We don’t yet know how easy it is for life to get started even when conditions are right. But were life to exist or suddenly begin on any of TRAPPIST-1’s planets it is very likely that it would spread...
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Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...intelligence are the most important things!’ As the Women’s Rugby Six Nations 2025 kicks off on Saturday 22 March 2025, it’s important to remember these incredible athletes are not only competing for victory on the field but are also breaking down barriers and challenging outdated norms off the field. By watching women’s rugby and supporting these athletes, we...
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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...intelligence when entering the school system aged five. They found, that in the country’s largest Local Education Agency, Black students entered the school twenty points above the national average as the highest performing ethic group but left school as the lowest performing; twenty-one points below the national average. And I started to notice it in me. Why did I think...
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Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...intelligences, which relates each one to the relevant types of museum displays, workshops and exhibitions. It is available as a Learning styles activity. It gives details of each of the seven types of intelligence and provides examples of ways in which they all relate to museums and galleries. It's particularly interesting to try this activity as a group exercise with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs