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Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)
History & The Arts

Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)

...De Stijl movement (1917-1931), a collection of Dutch artists and architects, wanted to liberate the arts from the shackles of tradition. Other movements such as Art Nouveau (1893-1914) and Expressionism (1912-1923) also experimented with bold, new forms and ideas, and in Russia the Constructivists (1920-1932) emphasised honesty of materials and functional simplicity in...
The language used during end of life care matters
Health, Sports & Psychology

The language used during end of life care matters

...de-prescribing – indicating that something is not being done. There’s the implication then that medical intervention is inherently ‘good’ and thus, not providing interventions, is somehow ‘bad’. The emotive reactions to such a framing about intervention and care can be seen in the media reactions surrounding the Liverpool Care Pathway in 2012, where not...
Neurodivergence and birth trauma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and birth trauma

...A., Chang, Z., Larsson, H., Mataix-Cols, D. and Fernández de la Cruz, L. (2019) ‘Association of caesarean delivery with risk of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in the offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, JAMA Network Open, 2(8), e1910236. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.10236 (Accessed: 14 March 2025)....
Hanes anthem genedlaethol Cymru
History & The Arts

Hanes anthem genedlaethol Cymru

...De Cymru a Sir Fynwy, safodd myfyrwyr ac aelodau staff ar eu traed i ganu cân y daethpwyd i’w hadnabod wrth ei geiriau agoriadol: ‘Hen wlad fy nhadau’. Cafodd ei hysgrifennu yn 1856 gan y tad a’r mab Evan a James James o Bontypridd fel gwrogaeth ramantus i etifeddiaeth Cymru: ei beirdd, cerddorion a’i hiaith. Nodwedd hynod yw’r saib yn y canol ar gyfer y...
An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...levels | Books | The Guardian Good e-Reader (2022) Book sales in the United Kingdom are booming - Good e-Reader (goodereader.com) BePolar (2019) Les chiffres et le palmarès des ventes du genre Polar dévoilés par l'Observatoire de la librairie (bepolar.fr) Acknowledgements Image of Andrea Camilleri Image of Georges Simenon Image of Hercule Poirot Image of Maj Sjöwall...
Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...maths and science through the medium of English. Indeed, this is already happening in many countries. The Politics of Global English The spread of English around the world was historically a colonial process. Does the emergence of Global English represent a form of neo-imperialism, serving the economic and cultural interests of the English-speaking countries - especially...
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Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle

...math o derfyniadau beichiogrwydd fel nad yw'r profiadau hyn yn cael eu tawelu mwyach. Lle mae gwybodaeth o'r fath ar gael yn rhwydd, mae hyn yn arwydd o ddiwylliant sefydliadol cynhwysol ac yn helpu i wneud i ffwrdd â’r stigma sydd ynghlwm wrth erthyliad/terfynu beichiogrwydd. Dylai unrhyw bolisi neu fecanwaith cymorth yn y maes hwn gynnwys lles seicolegol yn ogystal...
Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’

...maths, hand-writing, physical education and more. As adults we can focus more on what we are good at (or enjoy), and we can fairly easily accept that most of us will never be an Olympian or the next Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry. However, children are expected to do a wide range of things, and can find ‘failure’ really hard, at school and outside of school. Your...