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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...think the issue with environmental programmes is that unless they engage and make people want to do something about it, they’re often programmes that are preaching to the converted. I remember one film which I think is important for the general environmental debate and actually the general debate of the role of film making in the environment, which is called Age of...
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The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...think they are missing a nuance there.” Marienna Pope-Wiedemann, another rejectee, is a freelance writer and producer who was also politically active as a student and has continued activities outside Labour. But she is no longer in anything else and, as she points out, being active outside Labour is rather inevitable: “most people are active through organisations...
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Newsworthy Lawyers
Society, Politics & Law

Newsworthy Lawyers

...system. Professor Gary Slapper discusses the developments that led to this revolutionary change with Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, under whose professional investigative journalism resulted in the democratisation of law... Newsworthy Lawyers Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, discuss opening up the legal...
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Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...system. Around my mid-forties, I was a successful senior manager in mental health social work and then in charities across adult services. I also taught for The Open University and delighted in the variety of my work, which included teaching, practice tutor roles and delivering residential schools, which were large, a real thrill and great fun. Gradually, despite enjoying...
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Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?

...thinking they would rather be resting up on a beach in Portugal than playing in a major football tournament this summer. Remarkably, most of the English, Scottish and Welsh players seem to be fit to be selected for their respective squads and available to play. Of course, burnout due to a compressed season may affect players from all nations, as English Premiership teams...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...think you are making a very strong point at the end of your book when you take a critical, when you are critical of the currently favoured approach to dealing with nuclear waste, which is deep geological disposal and you are kind of advocating a slightly more short-term perspective, as you’ve just said. Andrew Blowers: Well let me say when I wrote the policy, which the...
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Recycling: Putting consumers to work
Society, Politics & Law

Recycling: Putting consumers to work

...systems. Recycling provides just one example of a larger trend in which consumers are expected to carry out unpaid work in order to consume or dispose of goods and services. You will likely be familiar with self-service in supermarkets, with online checking-in and with self-assembly equipment. The growth of the internet has introduced new kinds of work for consumers, like...
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Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...thinking in those days?’ Are you happy for all those things? BH: I’m happy! RH: OK. So we’re starting all the interviews with the question, when did you first get interested in energy? BH: I guess in the mid-1980s I got interested in the issues to do with energy and climate actually, I was already became aware as a consequence of a US Department of Energy...
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