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The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...course there are some things that Darwin couldn't quite explain - for example, why people cover their mouths or the top of their heads when startled, although he did note that "the hand being placed over the mouth or on some part of the head has been observed in so many races of man that it must have some natural origin". It's possible that placing the hand over the mouth...
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...course was open but that which our country has taken.’ Such principles can also be used to justify violent opposition to oppressive regimes, as in the decision of the leading Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer to support the planned assassination of Hitler, and in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. However, because Christians take their inspiration from...
5 things you need to know about sepsis
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 things you need to know about sepsis

...concentrating or sleeping. Friends, relatives and carers may also have worries. Some people may have life-changing physical after-effects, such as Stella whose story is shown in the video There are resources and organisations that offer support for those who have experienced sepsis. The UK Sepsis Trust website Recovery After Sepsis brochure Like this? Try a FREE course...
Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views
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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views

...courses, the ability to comment on material they published was removed from the site and the policy on comments no longer applies to their content. On the remainder of the site, normally the commenting opportunity is as close to the content as possible. In most cases, you'll find a comment box at the foot of a page. In some cases - for example, where we publish a sequence...
Migrant parenting
Health, Sports & Psychology

Migrant parenting

...courses and qualifications. The end of the twentieth century was marked by significant political and ideological changes in Europe. The fall of communism in the late 1980s, so vividly represented by the crumbling Berlin Wall, ushered the Eastern and Central European countries into an era of democracy and brought with it the capitalist values which started to replace the...
The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland
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The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland

...course, small farms all over the world, and in many parts of Europe and Britain as well as all over Ireland. In that sense, what we see in the West of Ireland is part of a widespread distribution of this system of agriculture. It is the process of their establishment in the West of Ireland that is distinctive, representing a clash between the remnants of a particular...
How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target
Society, Politics & Law

How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target

...course, we can disagree on choices about the economy, morals, education and strategy, but we should recognise that liberty unites us much more than these disagreements divide us. Positive thinking It remains for politicians to make speeches that can bring us together. But each of us must also have a positive attitude towards our society, which offers so much liberty and...
Clickety Clack: a railway poem
Society, Politics & Law

Clickety Clack: a railway poem

...courses. [A women worker on the railways, first world war, sitting in front of a cargo vehicle, uniform, wearing a cap and smiling.]Clickety Clack Clickety Clack The rhythm of the railway track. With all the men folk off to war. It’s women left to do the chores Corsets and skirts are cast aside Whistles, trousers, gold buttons worn with pride. Clickety Clack Clickety...