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A Clockwork Orange: ultraviolence, Russian spies and fake news
Languages

A Clockwork Orange: ultraviolence, Russian spies and fake news

...Prompted, apparently, by fears that Wilson was a Soviet agent and that he’d been placed in office after the KGB had poisoned the previous Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell. Elements within the British secret service are alleged to have bugged his staff’s phones, burgled their houses and instigated a campaign to spread false rumours about him through the media. All of this...
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Heathrow third runway: who and where will benefit?
Society, Politics & Law

Heathrow third runway: who and where will benefit?

...prompt us to consider how big systems are anchored in local scales and sites. For example, a study by the UK’s Airports Commission investigated how people on the ground are affected by the noise pollution for each one of an airport’s flights. Heathrow emerged as not only the worst airport in the UK, but the worst airport in the whole of Europe. Much of this is simply...
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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

...prompted fears from the government that a Bolshevik-style revolution would break out on what was increasingly viewed as “Red Clydeside”. Barbour and other leaders of the rent strike were active socialists in the Independent Labour Party, which was strong on Clydeside at the time. Faced with the threat of a class war at a time when the country desperately needed to...
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Strange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch
Society, Politics & Law

Strange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch

...prompted widespread censure in the media. The Queen was portrayed as cold, out of touch and unempathetic. It was a public perception that her advisers judged to be untenable. In the end, the Queen was forced to go public about her sadness at Diana’s passing. Diana has been dead for nearly 20 years. Today, the Queen’s retinue is a dissipated power, facing challenges...
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How to keep your kidneys healthy
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to keep your kidneys healthy

...prompt intervention is the key to managing kidney disease. How do I keep my kidneys healthy? The key to maintaining good kidney health is adopting a healthy lifestyle, scroll through our list below to learn our six top tips: 1) Maintain a healthy weight [Photo - bird's eye view of various bowls containing vegetables and fruit] It is important to maintain ideal body weight...
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Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...concept of global health. You will also explore the ways in which population ageing is often framed as a crisis and begin to develop your own ideas about the implications of population ageing...This free course, Population ageing: a global health crisis?, focuses on two major issues of our time – ageing societies and global health. It provides you with an introduction...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Stereotypes
Languages

Stereotypes

...concept of stereotypes be aware of how stereotypes of culture and language emerge and function This material is adapted from L161, Exploring Languages and cultures, a level 1 module that is part of the Language Studies qualification. You can view descriptions of the module and degree below. Introduction You might have heard a joke that starts: In European heaven the...
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Activity 2 hrs
David Bowie and science fiction
History & The Arts

David Bowie and science fiction

...concept album about an alien who becomes a rock star, though structurally the record breaks down into two sections, sf songs on Side One, and songs about a rock star on Side Two. The sf elements in Bowie’s early work are discussed by Maureen King in a paper written in 1994 – ironically, King viewed sf as something Bowie had left behind shortly before Bowie himself...
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