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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...
The budget warns about danger ahead
Money & Business

The budget warns about danger ahead

...course, this will be the case if there will be no further political crises in the interim, like a challenge to Theresa May’s leadership and/or a snap election. Whether you call yourself a Brexiter or a Remainer, there is nothing to be cheerful about, with GDP forecasts being considerably lower than the 2.1% median recorded over the last 300 years or so. And all of this...
Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?

...course, popular approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness meditation do seek to change how we think and feel about our situation, but this does not mean that we can ignore the circumstances under which mental health problems develop in the first place. I can remember from my student days a popular Tee-shirt slogan, attributed to Kurt Cobain and...
Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...courses and qualifications. Let’s start with our terminology regarding autistic individuals. Many autistic self-advocates insist on an ‘identity first’ definition of their humanness: for example: ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘person with autism’. To clarify, autistic people see autism as an innate part of their embodiment; just as one would not refer to...