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My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'
Languages

My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'

...think. “It must be ‘Take that’!” I congratulated myself. Aren’t I a well-informed Teacher of Science from China? “Nooooo! Miss Yang.” Another girl said disappointingly. “It’s ‘One Direction’, Miss Yang.” Annabelle replied quietly, still with tears in her eyes. “Zayn is my favourite. I purchased the tickets a while ago to see their show and I was...
What were Victorian pauper's graves like?
History & The Arts

What were Victorian pauper's graves like?

...think, 53 years of age. William Thomas King, the late gravedigger of the parish, said he was passing by the gate when he was told by Mrs Fleetwood what had happened. He offered to go down, but took the precaution to have topes affixed to his person, so that he might be pulled up in case of need. He was then lowered, so that he could easily get his feet as far as the the...
Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...Richard III is the only medieval monarch whose body went missing? Here's a list speculating where other kings and queens may lie...[Bayeux Tapestry, Scene 23 - Harold swearing oath on holy relics to William, Duke of Normandy.] As 2016 begins, the recent public interest in hunting for royal burials shows no sign of abating. Hardly has the dust begun to settle on Richard
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

...think, as well as on how we behave. Depression and anxiety may also make us feel low in energy and this may be further off-putting when it comes to doing exercise. Exercise makes us breathe deeper and more regularly. It also makes our blood circulate better and bring oxygen and nutrients, including glucose, in a regular way to our muscles, organs, tissues and especially...
28 July 2005: 4 o'clock and all is well
OpenLearn Ireland

28 July 2005: 4 o'clock and all is well

...think of the years 2005-2010; the formal ending of the IRA armed campaign, the army's move to a peacetime garrison, the guns - republican and loyalist - that were put beyond use, Sinn Fein's first, tentative steps into the new policing structures and, at Stormont, the remarkable government of Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness. These are the years and the moments that...
England’s Historic Battlefields: the Wars of the Roses
History & The Arts

England’s Historic Battlefields: the Wars of the Roses

...think, those killed in battle during the Wars of the Roses were usually treated to Christian burials. The battles of the Wars of the Roses were not a murderous free for all, with those slain thrown carelessly into mass graves and forgotten about (or worse still left on the battlefield to rot). Mass graves were a necessity, but they were meant to be a temporary expedient...
Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited
OpenLearn Ireland

Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited

...think those basic human emotions get to us, as listeners, listening to the blues – and they get to us as readers when we read crime fiction (Yates, 2016). In 2013, Rankin, in fact, teamed up with the Gallagher estate to develop the unique, immersive boxset Kickback City, which featured a selection of Gallagher’s crime-based songs and a novella, The Lie Factory,...
After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...thinking about Europe, his words went round the world and galvanised anti-colonial movements across Africa and Asia. The British rejected Zaghlul’s demands and questioned how far he represented the Egyptian people. A massive petition showed the level of support he enjoyed. Zaghlul and his fellow politicians became known as the Wafd (delegation) which evolved into a...