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The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...thinking, but it could draw moderate conservatives and liberals together. To do otherwise is to invite conservative resentment and a politics of unreason. Few issues polarize like Trump’s Wall and Muslim immigration. Back in January, during the Republican primary, the American National Election Study (ANES) asked Americans whether they favoured Syrian refugees coming to...
Stephen Hawking: The tributes
Science, Maths & Technology

Stephen Hawking: The tributes

...Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure. Stephen Hawking, RIP 1942-2018. pic.twitter.com/nAanMySqkt — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 14, 2018 Remembering Stephen Hawking, a renowned physicist and ambassador of science. His theories unlocked a universe of possibilities that we & the world are exploring. May...
Glenariff to Fermanagh
OpenLearn Ireland

Glenariff to Fermanagh

...think, was that the Donegal ice, as it melted back and retreated in that direction, exposed a lower level in the hills, and suddenly that lower level was available for the water in the bath, so to speak, and the water would have rushed out of it. Catastrophically, there would have been huge amounts of water rushing out very suddenly, cutting into the hillside and going...
Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare

...think of the Bard of Avon? We dip into her diaries to find out...Friday 26th January 1838 Said I was going to see Hamlet tonight. [Lord Melbourne] observed that it was a fine play but a heavy and very long play. He spoke of the different scenes, of Hamlet's character, said it was an obscure play to understand, &c.,&c. I observed that many of Shakespeare's plays were not...
Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...thinking and representations (images, language and ideas associated with the activity) which provide ways for people to state who they are. It provides them with an identity, a way of belonging, and of connecting, with others. Football offers a particularly rich source of multimodal examples, tied in very strongly to social and cultural identities. Supporting a football...
Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...thinking about balancing all components of life, including work, study and personal commitments, it is also worth considering the emotional impacts that influence a task’s overall significance. To really challenge your approach to prioritisation and the strategies you use to manage your time, watch Rory Vaden as he discusses ‘How to multiply time’. Everyday life...
Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'
Society, Politics & Law

Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'

...system of immigration detention, which in 2007 became a default for some. Amid the debates about the detention of terror suspects without trial, foreign nationals subject to immigration control measures languished indefinitely in privately run detention centres up and down the UK. They didn’t, and still don’t, have the protections of due process, nor are they being...
What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?

...system for providing care during the daytime, but provision of medical and nursing care is less during evenings, weekends and at night. What should I try to do, say, see? I encourage people entering the last weeks of life to do everything and anything they can do or need to do. This may often include will writing, practical arrangements, seeing loved ones, friends, pets...