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The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
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The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...become bodies held together by ‘sinew of ivy’ and ‘knots of thorns’. There is no actual mention of cold, but the overall effect of the living room and its ‘bare frames’ is of a creature with all of its clothing and protective layers torn off. There is a sense of foreboding, which is echoed by the doom-laden simile of ‘a fleet of sinking ships.’ Shine...
The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate
Society, Politics & Law

The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate

...becomes an increasingly diverse, cosmopolitan and urban society. If Trump runs as a third party candidate, he could be the Ralph Nader of 2016. In 2000 Nader ran as the Green Party candidate and carried 2.7% of the general election vote. Nader’s support came primarily from Democratic nominee Al Gore’s base of voters. Nader’s presence in the race was particularly...
Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...becoming a senior scientist at Inra he led during 8 years an Inra research unit on grassland ecosystems and global change. Since 1998, Dr. Soussana is member of the Working Group II of IPCC on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. He was Lead Author for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports in the field of agriculture, forests and ecosystems and shared the Nobel...
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...become largely dependent on the account provided by her brother-in-law, penal reformer Thomas Fowell Buxton, which was published in 1818 and subsequently used by other campaigners and later hagiographers. Buxton describes the terrible scenes of poverty and debauchery that Elizabeth encountered; women, scantily dressed, begging at the gratings, playing at cards, swearing,...
What do literary agents do?
History & The Arts

What do literary agents do?

...becoming a little bit more proactive, which is great. The issue is really about whether self-publishing has a life, and that’s really the only threat to publishers, and the evidence in 2014/15 is not a huge threat, which is probably what we could have predicted, but in about 2012 there was a lot of people worried. The disruption and the change has had a huge impact on...
‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...become the symbolic talisman of the Brexiteers. But would people have felt the same way seeing Nigel Farage aboard a sewing machine, or a lawnmower – another economic equal? There is no denying that the fishing industry has emotive power. But it is time to start asking the serious questions about whether Brexit could deliver real control for UK fishermen. Let’s start...
London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...becomes highly prejudicial in the other; besides, a greater prejudice prevails; and your Committee cannot consider it as unfounded, among the poorer classes of society, who are the main objects of these establishments, against either entering themselves or sending their relatives into these hospitals, on account of the hazard of infection to which they are exposed. The...
Green Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Green Brexit?

...becoming a lead figure of the Parliamentary movement to remain within the EU, Green MP Caroline Lucas hasn't been shy to raise Labour Party divisions, despite the other Green Party representative in Parliament, Baroness Jones of Moulescomb, being a steadfast leave voter. With an emphasis on the need to change UK politics at local level, and simplify structures for...
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