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Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury
Society, Politics & Law

Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury

...become an international bestseller overnight, helped no doubt by the now-traditional Twitter explosion from President Donald Trump alongside the White House’s attempts to prevent the book’s publication – a la the Spycatcher affair in Britain in the 1980s. Several questions have arisen since Fire and Fury’s release, particularly regarding the reliability of some of...
The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...become ill with infection or virus, or suffer a trauma. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, over 80% of 8,000 family carers lacked the time to exercise due to their caring duties. The COVID-19 outbreak and the following period of self-isolation made it much harder for carers to get any respite. This is true for carers who are struggling to manage increasingly...
Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...become rare again. Can we treat rare diseases? Very few specific treatments for rare diseases are currently available. The first examples of treatments were to replace a missing enzyme by supplying it to the body (enzyme replacement therapy for Gaucher disease in 1991). However, many of the treatments only alleviate the disease symptoms and do not treat the cause of the...
An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill
Health, Sports & Psychology

An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill

...and are at risk of becoming disengaged with education, socially isolated and uncertain regarding what the future will hold for them. Read the full report 'The need for support: Young people living through a family health crisis'. You can find out more about Hope in our second-year Open University module 'Making a difference: working with children and young people'....
The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...become emblematic of modernity and rational knowledge, their majestic architecture, part cathedral, part stately home, and their neat displays of objects organised along taxonomic and/or evolutionary principles. When did the idea arise that museums and their exhibitions could be viewed as technologies themselves for self-improvement and a means for promoting an orderly...
Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade
History & The Arts

Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade

...become Africa’s main export. But this may have been to the cost to African economies. It seems that the period between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries was a time of economic stagnation for Africa, which fell further and further behind the economic progress of Europe as the years passed by. Little wonder, then, that some historians interpret this as a sign that...
Getting started with a Password Manager
Digital & Computing

Getting started with a Password Manager

...become a victim of a hack on one site in which our username and password are stolen, it is all too easy for criminals to try and use those details to break into another – possibly a crucial site such as an online bank or your work computers. Fortunately, there is a solution – a password manager; a program that creates and securely stores passwords on your computer....
Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...become confused about the differences between feedback and coaching, and often mix these techniques. This can sometimes be confusing and demotivating for both parties and may not lead to change. In addition, the behaviour or issue identified may keep reoccurring (the feedback advice does not seem to be working) or seems to be part of a larger developmental issue. Consider...