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The Life of Saint David
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint David

...studied a long time to prepare himself for the functions of the holy ministry. At length, coming out of his solitude, like the Baptist out of the desert, he preached the word of eternal life to the Britons. He built a chapel at Glastenbury, a place which had been consecrated to the divine worship by the first apostles of this island. He founded twelve monasteries, the...
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The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...To find out more about the history of women and the vote see: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/ There is more information about regional women’s history in Jane Long (1999) Conversations in Cold Rooms: Women, Work and Poverty in Nineteenth-Century Northumberland, Royal Historical Society Studies in History...
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Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society

...studies which focuses on the experience of women, and especially young women, has its roots in the dreaded 'f' word - feminism! There is a view that feminism is redundant: it succeeded, we're now all equal and so there's no need to talk about it any more! It's rather as if women have graduated from some useful but restricted experience, like school or army training....
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A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...studying English”. Or another time, when I went on a training session and the topic changed to an arranged marriage. The group activity started and the people on my table looked straight to me for an answer. It took me everything not to scream “Arranged marriages happen in other cultures too, look at the Royal Family!” It was their misconceptions and stereotypes...
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The Commonwealth Games: Where does it go after Glasgow 2026?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Commonwealth Games: Where does it go after Glasgow 2026?

...J. W. (2024) ‘The framed and contested meanings of sport mega-event ‘legacies’: A case study of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games’, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 59(6), pp. 921–40. Slater, K. (2025) ‘More Medals, More Press: African Media Coverage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games’, Howard Journal of Communications, 36(3), pp. 343–62....
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The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...study of genes began in 1900 when it was shown that genes govern inheritance in many different creatures. In 1907 it was shown that the same patterns of inheritance could account for the transmission of eye colour in humans. However, not until 1953 was the structure of DNA deduced by Watson and Crick. By the end of the 20th century, many thousands of genes had been...
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Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...Studies qualifications. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two principal festivals celebrated by Muslims, with the other being the Eid al-Adha. Eid means festival and the Eid al-Fitr is the Feast of Breaking the Fast, sometimes also called the Festival of Sweets. It may be referred to as the ‘lesser Eid’, and the Eid al-Adha the ‘greater Eid’. The Prophet Muhammad is...
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Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...studies that have made an argument about climate sensitivity based on observations of temperatures over the past 50 years. I would not be surprised if some of the conclusions that were advertised very heavily would actually have to be revised. RH: People who are sceptical about climate change will say well look, they're just going back and fiddling the data. They didn't...
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