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How did the election look from Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

How did the election look from Europe?

...La Croix believes the outcome has exposed the differences within the union, as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland struggle to have their voices heard. [The Conversation]German television station ZDF judged the mood in Brussels as “conflicted”. Admittedly, after her aggressive and uncompromising stance over Brexit and complaints of German “interference” in the UK...
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Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for

...La Liga player of the year and recent Champions League winner with Real Madrid), Phil Foden (Premier League player of the year) and Cole Palmer (Premier League young player of the year). They will complement Harry Kane who is bookmakers’ favourite for the golden boot. However, potential defensive weaknesses at left back and centre back may have to be addressed if...
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Sherry is not just for Christmas
Science, Maths & Technology

Sherry is not just for Christmas

...la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain] All these sherries can be described as dry, with the more familiar cream sherry being made by mixing the oxidised Oloroso with a very sweet sherry made from a different grape, called Pedro Ximenez or PX. The fortified wine is aged in barrels made from American oak in a system known as a solera. Effectively the barrels are placed on top of...
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Will burnt food give you cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will burnt food give you cancer?

...C (250°F), that is food that has been fried, roasted or baked. This was a new discovery, but acrylamide must always have been formed in this style of cooking, ever since cooking was invented. Acrylamide is formed in reactions between the natural amino-acid asparagine and some (naturally-occurring) carbohydrates. You don’t find acrylamide in uncooked or boiled food....
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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?

...C. et al. (2012) ‘Psychiatry beyond the current paradigm’, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 201, pp.430–434. British Psychological Society (2013) Time for a Paradigm Shift in Psychiatric Diagnosis Horwitz, Allan and Wakefield, Jerome, (2007) The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder, Oxford: Oxford University...
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Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus
History & The Arts

Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus

...c. 1650-52 Whether the adventure in Egypt is true or not, the story forms an interesting background to an activity where we can compare a journey from the 6th century BC with a similar Mediterranean adventure today. Solon travelled from Athens to Egypt (Aegyptus) where Herodotus notes he visited Sais, for an audience with the Pharaoh Amasis II. Other writers indicate he...
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Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?
Languages

Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?

...c-word is used’. The BBFC’s research showed that approximately sixty per cent of the people sampled felt that words like ‘f*ck’ and ‘motherf*cker’ were now a part of everyday life. And thirty per cent said that they themselves were using explicit language more than they used to five years ago. Language with sexual or misogynistic connotations in particular was...
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The Life of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Life of Socrates

...c. 469/470 BCE to the sculptor Sophronicus and the mid-wife Phaenarete. He studied music, gymnastics, and grammar in his youth (the common subjects of study for a young Greek) and followed his father's profession as a sculptor. Tradition holds that he was an exceptional artist, and his statue of the Graces, on the road to the Acropolis, is said to have been admired into...
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