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Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context
Society, Politics & Law

Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context

...become ever more associated with Glasgow, giving rise to numerous struggles for better housing, fairer rents, and demands for the state to provide affordable rentable accommodation. Mass immigration was to stamp Glasgow with another unwanted long-lasting reputation, this time for religious and sectarian conflict. Throughout the nineteenth century, World War One and into...
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Climate of fear: culture of hope
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Climate of fear: culture of hope

...becoming a threat to our individual liberties. All the arguments about the length of lockdowns, directives on mask-wearing, and guidance on social distancing, are to do with this basic conflict, and how people feel society should be structured in relation to it. The pandemic can be seen as a small-scale version of what’s involved in the climate crisis. For humankind to...
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...suggests that the earlier a child is exposed to diversity and difference, the more open-minded and tolerant he becomes. So, BBC, take note: much can depend on the choice of a name. Perhaps in the 1960s we did not know any better, but this 2016 remake has no excuses. After all, we wouldn't want this adaptation to be, in Ransome's own words, another ‘ghastly mess’....
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The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...become central concerns within the NHS policy in England. The same is true in many other healthcare systems. In 2013, the National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England, delivered its report ‘A promise to Learn – a commitment to act’. The Advisory Group was led by the Dr Don Berwick, a renowned doctor and campaigner for improved safety and quality from...
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Why Russia is hoping for a good World Cup
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Why Russia is hoping for a good World Cup

...becoming Iceland’s cultural export. The image of genuine national unity around their team’s unexpected success in 2016 was emphasised by reports that nearly 10% of the country’s population went to the competition to support their team. Iceland’s then newly-elected president, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with common fans in the stands when...
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How FMRI works
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How FMRI works

...become aligned with the direction of the field. The stronger the field the greater the degree of alignment. When pointing in the same direction, the tiny magnetic signals from individual nuclei add up coherently resulting in a signal that is large enough to measure. In FMRI it is the magnetic signal from hydrogen nuclei in water (H2O) that is detected. The key to MRI is...
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Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK
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Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK

...becoming worthless and people feeling let down (Clark, 2013). Who has the power to make the decisions is a political issue. Examples from across the world show that it tends to be communities who are poorer and who have little political leverage who are likely to suffer more from environmental threats (Humphreys, 2019). [Photos taken in Happisburgh. Coastal erosion and...
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Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate
Society, Politics & Law

Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate

...become a gateway to Europe. Fewer refugees are arriving there since the EU struck a deal with Turkey to stem the flow of refugees via the Aegean, but the slow implementation of the Relocation Scheme and the low number of departures to other EU member states has dragged waiting times out from an anticipated eight weeks to six months or more. As one Syrian refugee I met...
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