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The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...English and French language sources indicate that in the more distant past it was not yet clearly distinguished from other warm hues, such as red and even yellow. Paintings dating from the fifteenth century onwards, however, typically depict Venus (also known as Aphrodite), the classical goddess of love, beauty and desire, with pinkish toned draperies, suggesting that the...
Heaven: What might it be like?
History & The Arts

Heaven: What might it be like?

...English (1894) in which he outlined principles of non-violent resistance in the face of violence. Mohandas Gandhi was deeply moved by reading this work and corresponded directly with Tolstoy on the principles of non-violent resistance as a means for transforming India into an independent nation (Murthy 1987). Searching for heaven within an individual has also served to...
Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred

...English Christmas for hundreds of years. But if we cannot expect the full-blooded mirth of an old-fashioned Dickens Christmas, we may still anticipate a time of quiet cheerfulness, seasoned with the hope that before the advent of another Yuletide the peace so ardently desired by the whole world will at length have dawned and the period of wholesale slaughter and wholesale...
Should animals have legal standing?
Society, Politics & Law

Should animals have legal standing?

...English-speaking jurisdiction will hear a habeas corpus case brought on behalf of someone other than a human being. In India courts have declared the rivers Ganges and Yamuna ‘living entities’ recognised by the law What about ecosystems and natural features? Some courts have even gone beyond the animal kingdom in recognising the natural world as capable of legal...
How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...English language, such as articles, pronouns and prepositions. This simple wordlist can act as a springboard for our analysis of the novel. We can, for example, compare the high frequency of man (137 occurrences) and father (134) with the only 24 occurrences of woman and the 33 of mother. This can lead us to formulate hypotheses on how gender is represented within the...
Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...English, the two languages are mingled to create what is known as ‘translanguaging’ , i.e. making use of one’s existing language(s) and knowledge to convey the meaning. On Chinese social media, the following has gone viral: Happy New Year 兔 you! The character in the middle of the greeting means ‘rabbit’ and is pronounce ‘tù’ which sounds similar to...
АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ
Languages

АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ

...English Essential Skills Level 1, який доступний в Уельсі. Незважаючи на те, що курс не охоплює всі аспекти сучасної навчальної програми English Essential Skills Level 1, доступної у Англії, у вас буде можливість ознайомитися з...
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Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...English Parliament’s Union with Scotland Act 1706 which created the Parliament of Great Britain) common law became an integral part of the legal system in Scotland. Precedent forms the basis of the common law and the doctrine of binding precedent is also known as the doctrine of stare decisis, which is Latin meaning ‘to stand by/adhere to decided cases’, i.e. to...