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Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...accounts of the period had been the main sources in shaping what appeared on screen. Beginning with The Romans, genre and story would become the prime motivators. Historical sources would still be consulted, but at the core of these episodes were stories of the period that had already been told. The Romans was a fairly close parody of the Hollywood epic Quo Vadis, to the...
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Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...account explores the challenges of balancing career, health and self-advocacy while seeking the right medical and lifestyle support...This is a personal story of how I experienced neurodivergence and menopause coming together. Our hormones are part of a wider endocrine system. Around my mid-forties, I was a successful senior manager in mental health social work and then...
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Ambiguous loss: what it is and why is it important?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ambiguous loss: what it is and why is it important?

...account of ambiguous loss and its implications. The more awareness we have of ambiguous loss and its potential consequences, the stronger a position we will be in to understand what is happening to us if ever we are experiencing such a loss or if we are called upon to support others – personally or professionally – in wrestling with the demands of ambiguous loss....
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Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs
Digital & Computing

Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs

...account for the physiology and psychology of its canine users, these users directly participate in the development process. Assistance dogs In the following video, Dr Clara Mancini talks about the Animal-Computer Interaction team and their collaboration with the charity Dogs for the Disabled to design dog-friendly technologies which will make it easier for dogs to assist...
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The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...account (as happened to a certain extent in the 2017 elections), to vote them out if they don’t represent us in a meaningful, well-informed way, to contact them if we disagree, and to present our own well-informed arguments to counter their occasional ignorance. [A Banksy work of art in Dover. A man knocks a star out of EU flag. ] A painting in Dover by the...
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Article 10 mins
The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...account of market economics, it was not a work of pure economic theory. What Smith offered, instead, was a detailed account of Europe’s 18th-century economy. He did not consider economic mechanisms in isolation but rather as part of a broader social, historical and political landscape. The book was not a celebration of individualism, nor was it hailing the rise of a new...
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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...accounts of George Mahood or Peter Mortemor, whose travels across the UK were dependent upon the generosity of the general public. 3. Don’t we need criminal justice responses that morally condemn and punish those who have broken the law? Blame and moral condemnation are based on the assumption that people should ‘get what they deserve’. However, this idea often...
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Article 12 mins
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...accountability, trust and fairness in the pursuit of the ideological goals of eurosceptics and UKIP. Their mission also seems to be part of concerted and murky social media campaigns by right-wing interests and the agendas of wealthy corporate individual and foreign politicians that are only now becoming clear as campaign funding issues are becoming exposed Selection of...
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