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Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...open 400 points lower. Similar losses were seen worldwide as US$2 trillion was lopped off the value of global markets. Equity markets now show strong signs of recovery, but this is only one part of the overall picture. More telling – and more significant – is the behavior of investors making longer-term commitments. Property funds with substantial U.K. holdings have...
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Disraeli on Munich
History & The Arts

Disraeli on Munich

...open, the studio of the painter crowded: devoted pupils, aspiring rivals: enthusiasm, emulation, excellence. Here the long-lost feudal-art of colouring glass re-discovered; there fresco-painting entirely revived, and on the grandest scale; while the ardent researches of another man of genius successfully analyses the encaustic tenting of Herculaneum, and secures the...
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How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...open to all. City planners and urban visionaries can learn to think like Jane Jacobs, an advocate for living cities and third spaces - that is, places beyond work and home where we can socialize. By designing what advocates call “placemaking public spaces,” such as pedestrian-friendly streets and public markets, they can reshape cities to enhance social interaction....
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Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Becoming a widow When my husband Alan was dying, one of the thoughts that haunted me every day I cared for him was: soon I would become a widow. I was 60 and Alan was 63 when on 21 November 2017 he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. We had met in 2006 and married in 2014 and neither of us had...
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LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...open about their sexual orientation and relationships within their workplaces increasing their visibility. In 2004, new legislation was introduced recognising hate crimes, or crimes motivated by hate, allowing increased sentencing for perpetrators of these crimes at the discretion of the judiciary. Importantly, this meant that crimes motivated by hate were recorded and...
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Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats
Society, Politics & Law

Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats

...Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games taking place in the city, a decision that was soon overturned in no small part due to significant local opposition. 2 of the blocks were demolished in 2012 and with the remaining 6 blocks in the Red Road development bulldozed on October 11 2015, it brings to an end the story of the rise and fall of what must surely be, if...
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Killers or carers?
Nature & Environment

Killers or carers?

...open up a path to a post-exploitative affective order, we can give up our complicit role as killers and experience the deeper joy of peaceful coexistence with our fellow earthlings. This article originally appeared on DISCOVER SOCIETY under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence Further reading: Our Children and Other Animals (2014) by By Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart In-depth analysis:...
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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...Open 2025, 9:e002422. Human Rights Council (2022) Non-take-up of rights in the context of social protection Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter. A/HRC/50/38. New York: Human Rights Council. 50th Session. Little, M., Roelen, K., Lange, B., Steinert, J., Yakubovich, A., Cluver, L. and Humphreys, D. (2021)
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