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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...changed, and people no longer go to the baker’s before every meal, rosetta is now losing popularity to other breads such as ciabatta or filone. Image: © Franca Pellegrini La focaccia Focaccia is a popular Italian bread made with a dough similar to pizza dough and baked in large rectangular trays. In Liguria, where it originated, it has no adornments other than sea...
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Why do England fail in international football competitions?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do England fail in international football competitions?

...change as I read a new article in the journal, Sport in Society, an article called Why England Fails. It’s an analysis of the factors in English football which have impeded success at the international level. And its author, who now joins me, is Anthony King, who’s Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter. [Supporters of England] On their way to more...
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The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries
Society, Politics & Law

The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries

...change, their rate was cut from sixpence to fivepence-halfpenny per dozen pairs of gloves (after some less-skilled work was given to workers on a fixed wage). Both handers and fingerers were paid by the piece. Communications and Concerts The local newspapers were essential for information about the dispute, and both strikers and the firm tried to ensure their views were...
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United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
Society, Politics & Law

United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool

...change, to challenge injustices and to oppose all forms of discrimination – as well as supporting others in doing so. This involves listening to and respecting people who face daily struggles as well as structural discrimination, while working to challenge those attitudes, systems and practices. Two decades and more of community struggle has led to the re-opening of a...
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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...change it will not be closed for another 22 years. (More information on the dispute is available on the UCU website. With figures such as these, one could be forgiven for thinking that the HE sector in the UK was in a poor place financially. Yet in 2021, UK universities generated a record income of £41.1bn. UCU estimates that university vice chancellors collectively...
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Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics
Nature & Environment

Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics

...change than the one-gene-at-a-time tweaking of GMOs. 4. Nici was the spawn of 9 generations of full-sib matings. The brother-sister matings left just enough heterozygosity to provide interesting gene variants, but not enough diversity to gum up the sequencers and assemblers. Having the turkey genome sequence will enable breeders to select traits based on genotype rather...
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Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?
Money & Business

Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?

...change to the Indian currency, the Karnataka Bank ATM stayed closed. Image: Agastya Chandrakant under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license A record number of tourists and business travelers visited another country in 2016, and this year is already on pace to exceed that tally. One thing you definitely need when traveling abroad besides a passport is local currency, such as...
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What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...change substantially over the course of the eighteenth century but much more information about him and his teachings began to accumulate. The Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert was certainly the most famous of the compendia of knowledge of the Enlightenment, but it was not the only one. Inspired by it, in 1764 Voltaire published his own, which he called...
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