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Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
History & The Arts

Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction

...adult Scout returning to Maycomb County, visiting her father and recalling her childhood. A sequel, in a way, to Mockingbird, it was evidently written prior to it; after reading the story, Lee’s editor asked her to rewrite it from the viewpoint of Scout as a child. “I was a first-time writer”, Lee has said, “so I did what I was told” – and the rest is literary...
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What do safe drinking guidelines mean?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do safe drinking guidelines mean?

...adults capable of making up their own minds seems in stark contrast with the authoritarian tone of publicity from the Department of Health, which baldly says “Men should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol each week, the same as women”. Neither the press release nor the Summary of the guidelines provide any information on the effects of higher consumption, but...
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Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...adult population were either infected with HIV or suffering from AIDS, which reduced life expectancy from 69.5 to 38.8 years. 700 out of 10,000 15-year old Zimbabweans lost one or both parents to AIDS in the same period. No country with such a large-scale impact of HIV/AIDS could escape economic and social challenges. But Zimbabweans stayed resilient and found a way...
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Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...adults who arrived in Britain as unaccompanied minors, but who have turned 18, can also be deported. Some are awaiting notice about whether they will be transferred back to a European country through which they travelled – where the Home Office can pass responsibility for their asylum claim under rules called the Dublin Regulations. And contrary to popular...
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Strategies to reduce the prison population
Society, Politics & Law

Strategies to reduce the prison population

...adult prisoners are reconvicted within one year of release. There were record numbers of self-inflicted deaths in 2016, and there has been a spate of highly visible prison disturbances across the country in recent months. Prisons are undoubtedly failing. Prison populations of the past The average daily prison (ADP) estimate on February 17 2017 stood at 85,528 people. This...
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Read this before you fall for a personalised book
History & The Arts

Read this before you fall for a personalised book

...Adults differ in their opinions on personalised books and that difference is attributable to their broader views on childhood and their professional background. Designers and publishers of children’s personalised books believe that they create ‘magical experiences’ for children. Teachers, in contrast, told us that they find such products ‘scary’. Then there are...
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Where do we get the help that really counts?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Where do we get the help that really counts?

...adults in the general population between 260 and 315 were likely to be experiencing significant psychological distress at a level that could adversely affect their lives. However, only 101 of these people would have their condition recognised by a doctor Furthermore, only 23 people would be referred on to specialist mental health services. More recent studies have shown...
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Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...adult Perseus by sending him on a quest to retrieve the head of the Gorgon, Medusa. This became Perseus’ most famous exploit, closely followed by his rescue of the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. [Perseus and Andromeda] Fig 1 Perseus’ story was a popular one for the ancient Greeks and Romans. Although important versions of it have been lost – such as plays by...
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