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What sort of Victoria Sponge would Queen Victoria have eaten?
History & The Arts

What sort of Victoria Sponge would Queen Victoria have eaten?

...course, Victoria herself is unlikely ever to have turned her hand at baking. According to the aforementioned biography, such matters were left to the team of confectioners and pastry chefs who kept her supplied with “the cakes and biscuits which, four or five times a week, follow Her Majesty to Balmoral, Osborne, or wherever else she may be staying”. The Queen-Empress...
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Horror and politics
History & The Arts

Horror and politics

...course, ideas of free love were not nearly as politically subversive as they were in the 1810s. But in Gothic, Russell nevertheless exploits this element of the story for all it’s worth. Sexual experimentation, along with a desire to burrow into the darker corners of human emotion, are the key themes of the film. But whereas the film depicts the lifestyles of the...
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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...course of three days, millions took to the streets to express solidarity with the victims’ families and friends, intolerance of hatred and terrorism, and to publicly acknowledge the country’s distress. Social media was alive with defences of freedom of speech and freedom from tyranny. And in a striking show of solidarity, the world’s political leaders were out in...
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London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago
Society, Politics & Law

London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago

...course the bedroom tax. The London protests were a reaction to the effective social cleansing of working-class residents by Tory/Lib Dem coaliton policy. Local tenants' organisations and protest groups have also been formed to co-ordinate discontent. Meanwhile, Corbyn’s Labour is proposing the biggest social-housing programme since the 1970s. This is all exactly 100...
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Why we should remember the Armenians
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should remember the Armenians

...by the latest developments in technology. What the future shall bring to the Armenians as country and people only God knows of course. Who knows, if climate change destroys the globe through money-greed and idiocy, it is likely that mankind shall once again descend from the same mountain of Ararat. If we forget the Armenians we forget our history and imperil our future....
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Why is Netball and other team sports so important for female sports participation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Netball and other team sports so important for female sports participation?

...as netball, have an exciting and important role to play in the future of keeping women active. [A photograph of people in netball bibs high-fiving on a netball court.]Netball can be a social lifeline for some.Show descriptionA photograph of people in netball bibs high-fiving on a netball court. Explore more women in sport Fanatical about sport? Try one of our free courses...
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?

...course, there’s a bias in the news towards reporting negative stories rather than positive ones. Social workers are in the news when there’s a problem, and where a case goes wrong there’s a culture of looking for an individual person or an individual agency to hold accountable. But is the entertainment media any different? Plot device in TV dramas My second study...
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How to say no at work without guilt or conflict
Education & Development

How to say no at work without guilt or conflict

...course of the next 10 days, I would very much appreciate. Feel free to call me or have your assistant connect with my assistant to set up a call. I will be in Europe till the 19th. Best regards, Paul Email 2: From: Anthony Fauci Sent: February 13, 2020 To: Paul Stoffel Subject: RE: COVID-19 vaccine development Paul: Thanks for the note. I will have Patty Conrad try to...
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