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Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...English person will recognise it immediately as a cow. A picture of five cows means the same thing in both languages. Now, does all this mean that a photograph is a different sort of mental thing from a word or figure? Or does it mean that pictures are like words and figures but that they operate in terms of a different language, one that may be more likely to be...
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Queen Victoria on the Chartists
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on the Chartists

...English, perfectly well; her German is very Prussian or Berlin German. Talked to Lord Melbourne of our journey to Scotland, and he said that it would never do, not to go - it would have such a very had effect, and that the late King's not going to the City, had had a deplorable effect. Unless anything very alarming or urgent, were to present us, we ought to carry out our...
How the sausage links us together
History & The Arts

How the sausage links us together

...English the more than 60 different Italian words that exist to describe pork and beef sausages alone. Warm, dry climates encourage the preparation of air-dried sausage varieties, while Britain’s damp climate is more conducive to fresh, cooked bangers. Seasonings also typically reflected the larger flavour complexes of local cuisine: mushrooms in Hungary, pepper in...
Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars
Society, Politics & Law

Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars

...English Collective of Prostitutes has demonstrated how sex workers are being failed by the police. The scholarship and activism of Beth E Richie, a professor at the University of Illinois and founding member of INCITE!, has highlighted how domestic violence is a key pathway to prison for black working-class women. Likewise, in the UK the Prison Reform Trust has found that...
Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...English Channel, and then up the Thames Estuary (Carbon Brief, 2014). From the evidence of the London Bridge high water mark, we know that the level has risen since 1780 by over 1.5 metres (Carbon Brief, 2014). Alongside ice melt increasing seawater volume other factors have important impacts on the changing sea level in London. Around 11,500 years ago ice sheets covering...
Selling Empire: Posters
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Posters

...English landscapes for railway posters were commissioned, and depicted both British and Dominion pastoral landscapes in soft shades. Even when portraying Britain, though, many different artists and styles were employed. Clive Gardiner’s set of posters for Empire Buying Makes Busy Factories (many EMB posters were produced and displayed in sets of five) were starkly...
Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...English and Irish Gaelic] Signpost linking Glencolmcille to the Wild Atlantic Way (blue wave symbol) In 2015, the Slieve League Peninsula, like Killala in Northeast Mayo, is part of the Wild Atlantic Way, the tourist route along the South and West coast of Ireland. For this part of the route, tourists are encouraged to explore the area’s uniqueness in terms of the...
Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?

...English rugby with Rugby Schools dominating and the quest for talent forcing children to specialise and be identified earlier. Interestingly in the England 2015 World Cup Squad Stuart Lancaster has eighteen players aged under 27 including youngsters Luke Cowan-Dickie (20), Elliot Daly (22), Maro Itoje (20) and Henry Slade (22) who have progressed through the player...