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Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago
Nature & Environment

Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago

...accountants who could not be trusted to add up the pennies in a child’s piggy bank.” “On top of the fraud, bribery and blackmail, there was champagne, sex, juicy divorce cases, a drunken brawl and motoring derring-do. This was no longer a simple story about an electric bus.” Some electrobuses did run on London’s streets. Harrods, the fashionable department...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...account of how the human mind works. According to Bruner: We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us. The mind that drives science, art and sense of self, he said, is not linear and logical, but narrative. People think in stories and are able to imagine the world only through stories. It is an idea that...
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How Spanish sounded across its history
Languages

How Spanish sounded across its history

...account about the love affairs of his author, told as fables and short stories representing all layers of Spanish medieval society. This extract tells us about the boy who wanted to marry three girls. Transcript The Renaissance - Libro de la vida Saint Teresa of Jesus (1515-1582) is one of the most prominent Spanish mystics, who aimed at reforming the Spanish Church and...
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Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies
History & The Arts

Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies

...Contained’: Contemporary Fiction and the Science of Sleep.” Contemporary Literature, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring 2015, pp. 56-80. It can be found on Project Muse [requires an appropriate account] This article was originally published in the Journal of Literature And Science under a CC-BY-SA-NC-ND licence. You can read the aritcle, with full footnotes, at the JLS website....
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Try your hand at travel writing
History & The Arts

Try your hand at travel writing

...account of the journey, ‘Around the World in 80 Trains’ (2019) Rajesh describes a journey that takes her through the vast expanses of Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan as well as to places often hidden from the traveller like North Korea. Journey’s end - the splendour of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express which brought Monisha and Jem home to St Pancras station, London....
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Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...accounts we heard in our therapy, activism, and research – from women, men, and non-binary, trans, and cisgender people. Autoethnographic reflections on our own gender experiences, expressions, and identities, to model the kinds of activities we invite readers to do. A series of visible spectrums to help readers to locate themselves on multiple dimensions of gender,...
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The new politics of climate change
Nature & Environment

The new politics of climate change

...account. However, it requires the input from central government since local action by councils will need substantial support in carbon divestment. An important aspect of this demand is the commitment of the government to work with other organisations (including local government, businesses, and transnational organisations, such as the EU and UN). XR demand a target of...
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Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer
Society, Politics & Law

Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer

...accounts of violence, particularly when the experiences are framed as an emotional issue, is one reason women do not speak out about violence and sexual harassment, and why they are often not taken seriously when they do. One review of research evidence suggests that women often report that being dismissed as overly sensitive and emotional is a key reason they don’t...
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