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‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis

...courses and qualifications. ‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem.’ These are the words my husband said a lot when he was battling MND. We also used to frequently say ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’. Indeed, during his illness we did everything we could to keep his spirits up after being told he had six months to two years to live....
Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s
History & The Arts

Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s

...course Contemporary Wales. References Morris, N. (1998) ‘Projecting Wales’, Planet 126, December–January. Perrins, D. (2000) ‘This town ain’t big enough for the both of us’ in Blandford, S. (ed.) Wales on Screen, Bridgend, Seren. Evans, M (2002) 'Looking Forward, Looking Back' in Thomas, E. Selected Work, ’95 – ’98, Cardigan, Parthian. French, P. (1999)...
Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?
Society, Politics & Law

Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?

...course, same sex couples weren’t the only ones who were happy. The face-to-face interviews revealed that the older heterosexual couples and those who were in a second long-term relationship were often more inclined to reflect on how their relationship was working. Rather than writing off past relationships as a mistake or failure, couples were able to draw on lessons...
Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study

...courses. This article is reproduced with kind permission of Marie Curie. Shortly after Queen Elizabeth II died in early September, renowned palliative care consultant, Dr Kathryn Mannix outlined on Twitter how the Queen’s death might be an example of ‘ordinary dying’. Others both on social media and in the BMJ opinions section agreed: the Queen’s death could teach...
Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions

...courses. With the introduction of conscription in 1916 leading to over 100,000 men in Scotland leaving to fight in the First World War, women had to step in to fill the jobs that men had left. Many of these jobs were on the railway and it had never been imagined that women would be able to do this type of work previously. Society was very different and, if women did work,...
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public

...course quite controversial and not all clear. However, those who object to the economic and environmental practices of corporations are finding fresh ways to use their public status to limit their influence. Recently, an anti-coal group released a fake press release supposedly from Whitehaven coal falsely saying a 1.2 billion dollar loan was being withdrawn due to...
Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?
Science, Maths & Technology

Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?

...courses and qualifications. [Time travel, laser lights] In Doctor Who, our hero regularly travels forwards and backwards in time, visiting any epoch, anywhere in the Universe, thanks to his time machine the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space). But is time travel really possible? The simple answer to this question is: Yes! In fact as you read this, you are...
Is democracy a good thing?
Society, Politics & Law

Is democracy a good thing?

...courses and qualifications [Image of the word 'democracy' in a dictionary. ] We are used to thinking that democracy is unequivocally a good thing. But is it? Even Winston Churchill, who frequently spoke in favour of the system, stigmatized it as the worst form of government (apart from all the others that have been tried). The great Greek philosopher, Plato, was no fan of...