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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'

...working. I was surprised that he left his seat without permission, but I did not take any action. He left his seat for more tissues a second time and other pupils started to giggle. “Something is going on” I thought to myself. As I walked towards him, I realized that he had spilled his tea on the floor and he was using lots of tissues to absorb the liquid. “Are you...
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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

...work is starting on locating the resting place of another medieval monarch, Henry I (d. 1135), in Reading (like Richard III, Henry is also thought to be under a car park). Meanwhile, the Church of England is stoutly refusing to allow DNA tests to be carried out on bones thought to be those of the “princes in the Tower” who disappeared in 1483, and who may be buried in...
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What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...work. The extra cash benefited companies and Petrobras executives, who often shared the money with lobbyists and political figures (to whom many Petrobras executives owe their jobs). The company has had 10 billion dollars in financial losses because of the scheme, according to estimates by the Federal Police. So far, 93 people have been condemned in the investigation,...
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What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...Working through the process of multilateral consensus building, she deferred to Obama when necessary and listened to the views of Europe’s leaders on key issues (such as the invasion of Libya). She attempted to implement a strategy built on her avowed principle of ‘smart power’: utilising both ‘hard’ (military) and ‘soft’ (diplomatic) tools in various...
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Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury
Society, Politics & Law

Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury

...works. This is one of the grievances of what Wolff or Trump might call the ‘mainstream media’: that Wolff’s book is simply ‘gossip’, and that ‘gossip isn’t journalism’. Even when taking my ‘academic hat’ off, it is hard to offer a reasonable defence of Wolff’s writing methods. There is something to be said for Drew Margary’s view that Wolff’s...
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Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...working water meadows still survive in England on the chalk streams of Hampshire, but similar vegetation exists on the wetlands of the Somerset Levels and the Norfolk Broads. [Photo of field with flowers] A water meadow in spring, Characteristic species: Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris). Upland meadows Typical of the Yorkshire dales and the Lake District, these have a...
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Rathlin Island and Lough Neagh
OpenLearn Ireland

Rathlin Island and Lough Neagh

...works to protect and conserve stocks of this unique fish in the habitat to which it has adapted. Strangford Lough’s many islands and the fast-flowing tidal Narrows are worth a visit and nearby, the Northern Ireland Aquarium, Exploris, in Portaferry, though closed for refurbishment till 2016, allows close-up views of underwater creatures few folk ever see. The islands of...
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Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare

...of scenery, the splendid & strictly correct antique costumes, all taken from the best works & models, — the excellent grouping of every scene, the care with which every trifle was attended to, — made it a unique performance. There was very appropriate music, composed by a Mr Hatton. Parts were touching beyond belief, & we came back deeply impressed & enchanted....
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