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Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...family life. [A car decorated as a 'chavmobile' promoting a record by Goldie Lookin' Chain] A 'chavmobile' promotes a Goldie Lookin' Chain record They are the people locked well outside the communities of Middle England and those above such communities, to many of our politicians, journalists and commentators they are natives of a foreign land. Owen Jones argues that we...
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Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont
Society, Politics & Law

Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont

...family. In those days work would have been impossible without the support of family members, especially my mum. It is good to know that through the trade unions fighting for workers’ rights, the railway now offers family friendly hours, albeit limited at present in 2021–2022 with the COVID-19 pandemic, but who knows what might change for future generations of women...
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Beachbrains
Science, Maths & Technology

Beachbrains

...tree canopy would have been proud of. Let us say that Otranto beach is about 1 kilometre long and 50 metres wide. A lazy sunbather, lying on a towel under a flowery parasol, covers no more than a couple of square metres of sand. Those that gambol in the surf or impress with beach volleyball may cover more like 25 square metres. With around 4 metres depth of sand, and...
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Article 10 mins
Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness

...trees change with the season, the smells that meet your nose, how the temperature feels on your skin and savour being in that particular moment. Transcript This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage. Like this?...
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Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones
Science, Maths & Technology

Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones

...trees dotting the eastern parts of Canada and the US, glow pink if you shine an ultraviolet light on them. This weirdness is due to uroporphyrin I, an intermediary in the multi-step pathway by which animals make heme. Heme is found in hemoglobin and enables red blood cells to transport oxygen. Unlike their relatives (at least as far as we know), most eastern fox squirrels...
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A Support Net: Can you help someone in need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A Support Net: Can you help someone in need?

...family, charities, community and work support, and student services. Additionally, below is a list of useful resources and helplines: Mind's information and support pages Call the Samaritans on 116 123, for free or look at the other ways of contacting them. The NHS Mental health - live well pages The NHS overcoming addiction pages This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing...
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Activity 20 mins
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...family trees while the second (Figure 6) shows who lives in which house. I certainly found that looking at these two diagrams made things a lot clearer for me, in particular the relationships between two different sets of connected things. Of course, these are the ways some chose to represent the situation and the diagrams do not include all the information given in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The String Quartet
History & The Arts

The String Quartet

...tree on the top of the mountain. Fountains jet; drops descend. But the waters of the Rhone flow swift and deep, race under the arches, and sweep the trailing water leaves, washing shadows over the silver fish, the spotted fish rushed down by the swift waters, now swept into an eddy where—it's difficult this—conglomeration of fish all in a pool; leaping, splashing,...
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