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Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...become emergent and shape the future direction of politics, not only in Scotland but across the UK. Writing this in Scotland there is no doubt that it feels a very different place. While it is at times hard to express this in words, the wider context that informs political debate and discussion has certainly changed and the wider constitutional debate has been a key...
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Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...become both thinner and finer-grained away from the source. However, there is a very important external factor that has a considerable influence on the shape of this pattern. Can you think what this is? The dispersal of the umbrella cloud is controlled by the wind. When there is a wind, the umbrella region is blown off to one side so tephra is deposited asymmetrically....
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Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus
History & The Arts

Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus

...become your own, and it cannot be taken away by someone else. This view of knowledge crops up in a number of dialogues, so it is likely that Plato endorsed it himself. But it has an important – and controversial – implication. It implies that we cannot come to know something just by taking someone else’s word for it, even if that person is an acknowledged expert....
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Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London
Languages

Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London

...become the monument, with the plaque simply drawing the passers-by’s attention to this detail from history. And just as you and I are shaped a little by the physical environment in which we live, so perhaps, the contention was, we can get a better understanding of the historical figure by standing in their literal footsteps. [Lord Byron’s Birthplace Plaque: Honors...
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Opening up history: art in the Reformation
History & The Arts

Opening up history: art in the Reformation

...become so important to people, how we give them meaning and how they shape everyday lives. Early Modern period revelled in the variety of material things available to them and put them to a wide range of uses. Studying an object can take the historian in a lot of different directions – you might study the materials it was made of, how they were made, why people bought...
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Raising awareness and support for men
Health, Sports & Psychology

Raising awareness and support for men

...become dependent on alcohol and drugs. While these facts represent a gloomy outlook, help and support are available. This can be found at the bottom of this article (Mental Health Foundation, 2022). Why is it that some men don’t talk about how they feel? Ideas about what it means to be a man and society’s expectations of them are some of the reasons why men are less...
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The Partition of British India: Timeline
History & The Arts

The Partition of British India: Timeline

...become members of both political parties. 1919-1922 Attempt at forging a permanent Hindu-Muslim nationalist political alliance, led by Gandhi who is now the dominant force within Congress. With postwar constitutional reforms offered by the British falling well short of home rule and dominion status, combined with increased repression of the nationalist movement, Gandhi...
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Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace

...becoming more obvious. The IRA would meet in a ‘Convention’ before the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis vote in late January 2007. And inside the British intelligence community, that vote for policing is described as the “landmark event” - the “pivotal moment” in the new approach of the Provisional Movement; a confirmation that the war was over. There were, and still are,...
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