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Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...English-speaking people refer to as ‘religion’ has no equivalent term in many other cultures and languages. Tisa Wenger (2022, p. 3), an American historian of religion, also argues that the word ‘religion’ is a product of specific European histories and has never been a comfortable fit for Indigenous knowledges and traditions. You might be wondering, then, what...
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Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?

...English midfielder for a generation left even the arch-technocrats of Germany envious of his talent’. So while the team is stable and highly promising this doesn’t take away from the fact that any international football event carries with it huge amounts of pressure which generates an increase in anxiety and stress. These are terms commonly discussed within all...
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The impact of Brexit on British wages
Money & Business

The impact of Brexit on British wages

...in foreign workers, residents and capital depress or increase wages? What sort of regulations and enforcement policies regarding employment and wages will a new “independent” Britain adopt? If Scotland, as well as potentially Wales and Northern Ireland, leave the United Kingdom to stay in the EU, how will this influence English business and unions and thus wages?...
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The Death of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Death of Socrates

...English as 'piety' but more closely resembles 'duty' or 'loyalty to a course'. In refusing to conform to the social propieties proscribed by Eusebia, Socrates angered many of the more important men of the city who could, rightly, accuse him of breaking the law by violating these customs. In 399 BCE Socrates was charged with impiety by Meletus the poet, Anytus the tanner,...
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Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...English lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, said that narrative is the superior form of knowledge, whilst the German philosopher, Hegel, stated that knowledge proceeds through conversation. Yet in the face of the impact of Brexit on the whole of Ireland as the only story in town, does economics lack these two basic elements to create knowledge? Part of the answer lies in the...
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Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...English phenomenon, given that the Celtic nations (if that is what they are) voted to remain in the European Union (EU) in the Referendum, in the UK, last year. The exception is Wales that narrowly voted to leave. If a hard Brexit occurs and there is no special deal for Northern Ireland in respect of its close ties to the Republic of Ireland (ROI), why should the Celtic...
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Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options
Money & Business

Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options

...English as the main language, same time zone as London, low corporate tax rate. Plus more than half of the world's leading financial services firms already have subsidiaries in Dublin, according to the city's International Financial Services Centre. Paris is also in the running, but labor laws that make it harder to hire and fire have been a longstanding deterrent for...
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Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...English Dictionary defines the telegraph as 'an apparatus for transmitting messages to a distance, usually by signs of some kind'. As this definition suggests, telegraphy goes beyond the transmission of written text to encompass other forms of non-verbal signalling. It is therefore something which predates the electrical telegraph with which we associate telegrams....
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