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The Life of Saint David
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint David

...to me returns to yourself with an increase which becomes my liberality and greatness.’ It is the divine grace,” goes on this holy doctor, “which first excites a man to praise God, and he only returns to God his own gift: yet by his continually blessing God, the Lord pours forth his divine blessings upon him, which are so many new increases of charity in his soul."...
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Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes

...becoming an usher at the coronation of King George IV. His 2015 biography, ‘Richmond Unchained’, suggests that much of this astonishing journey was down to his special talent for boxing – in those days a brutal, bare-knuckled version of the sport hugely popular among all sections of British society including the aristocracy. That Thomas Pitt was a boxing enthusiast...
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Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...become intuitive to them after many years of ‘practice’, and they may not realise that they’re masking. Masking can have an important protective and adaptive function that helps autistic people navigate a neurotypical world where people can be judged harshly unless very specific social scripts are followed (for example, not smiling or making eye contact can be...
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Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence
History & The Arts

Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence

...become a historian; my first degree was in economics. But I discovered that I was less interested in contemporary economic theory than in the history of economic thought. Eighteenth-century writers were effectively inventing what we now call economics as they tried to make sense of a rapidly changing world, and what struck me was how familiar their concerns felt. They...
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Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves

...become known. That disbandment of the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment would fit within a two-year plan to end Operation Banner, the Army’s decades-long support role to the police, and would be part of major changes to the security landscape and the making of a peace time garrison. I was told of lots of discussions going on involving the Northern...
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A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...becomes more difficult when my friends and I are targeted on a night out by the bouncers on the door. Or when I’m booking holidays on a scale of “how racist” the place is to visit. If you know, you know. I remember being on my way to Uni and experiencing the joys of St Pancras Station. A man was on his bike and just as I walked out of the ticket barrier, he nearly...
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Learning from the Global South
Society, Politics & Law

Learning from the Global South

...become a geographer fit for the twenty-first century. So why not join in and progress the conversation, learning from listening to the rich range of voices from the across the Global South that the films offer? Further information and acknowledgement Further information Find out more about D113 Global Challenges: social sciences in action, and the qualifications Geography...
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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...become universal. The dynamics around neurodiversity are similar to those which manifest for other forms of human diversity and these include the unequal distribution of social power. In attempting to find ways for neurodiverse people to live in harmony, we need to be mindful of racial and cultural differences and how these may affect identification of neurological...
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