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Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen

...World champion in 1993 and set a new World record (which remains the British 400m hurdle record to this day). Since Gunnell “no other woman has held Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic track titles concurrently”. But what other British sportswomen achieved success before and after her? If we turn the clock back 50 years to 1969, at the forefront of British sport...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste

...world art is not only inspiring but also big business. In this episode of The Bottom Line, guests in the art world discuss the relation of art and business. Specifically, how is and should art be valued? Who decides what is and what is not fashionable? Is art just another consumer good to be bought and sold – or does have a more important social role? A significant, but...
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What is socialisation? The one minute guide
Education & Development

What is socialisation? The one minute guide

...world, and constructing their own ways of being part of their social group. There are also strong predispositions, visible even in very young infants, to engage and interact with other people in preference to all the other objects in the world. Infants seem to be born as social beings. But although babies come into the world with this ‘preparedness’ to be social, the...
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When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...world. Over 12 million people require some form of humanitarian assistance. And almost half of those displaced are children. Like Mohammed Bouazizi’s self-immolation that sparked Arab Spring (and, coincidentally, the current civil war in Syria), the image of Aylan, too, has the capacity to change the world. Bouazizi was not the first person to set himself alight in...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...world is between non-native speakers - a phase of its history which has only just begun and in which both the status and linguistic form of the language are rapidly developing. [Bilingual signage in Germay [Image:cosmonautirussi under CC-BY licence] ] Bilingual signage in Germay [Image:cosmonautirussi under CC-BY licence] In the next 10-15 years we may witness a situation...
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25 years after never again: 9/11 and memorialisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

25 years after never again: 9/11 and memorialisation

...World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th, 2001 have been claimed as ‘world changing’ – with impacts on politics, national and global economies, and travel regulations, and much more. It is also known as a ‘mass death event’ – with nearly 3,000 people dying on or soon after, and at least another 5,000 deaths attributed to ‘9/11 illness’,...
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9/11: Reflections on political leadership
Society, Politics & Law

9/11: Reflections on political leadership

...World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, in events that changed the world forever. It raised questions not only about the United States’ foreign policy but also about its assumed dominance as the leading international superpower. Ten years on since 9/11, the political landscape is very different: the US has a different President in the form of Barack Obama, elected in 2008,...
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Exploring Philosophy
History & The Arts

Exploring Philosophy

...world with evil and a good God. This material forms part of The Open University course A222 Exploring philosophy... Philosophy in the real world Nigel Warburton applies philosophical questions to every day life. Thought experiments Thought experiments use hypothetical questions to create philosophical dilemmas. Personal identity Nigel Warburton and Professor Anthony...
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