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Strangers on a train platform: Refugees feel the hostility of Hungary
Society, Politics & Law

Strangers on a train platform: Refugees feel the hostility of Hungary

...styled itself as a guardian of “Europe” against the threat of the “West”, after the fashion of Russian Eurasianism – as well as railing against the influx of refugees and migrants to the EU. By framing the refugee crisis in the country as a threat to jobs, welfare, and society in Hungary and Europe alike, Orbán is trying to reinforce his image as a guardian...
Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...styled themselves as masculine rulers, adopting the symbols and titles of men in order to rule. And while both, like Elizabeth I, ruled over ages of artistic accomplishment, their influence seems limited. The programme still explores the words of Shakespeare, not Shakespeare’s sister. Implicit silencing In their very uniqueness, these stories fail to speak for the...
Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions
Languages

Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions

...styles of emotional expression must also be understood against the cultural norms of the Arab world in general and Libya in particular, where a preference exists for expressing emotions in a more subtle way. In (Libyan) Arabic, things tend to be left unsaid, emotions are mostly implied and expressed non-verbally. In sum, the code-switching utilised by this group of...
Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...style passport rankings are an insult to the people who cannot travel or migrate safely. Thank you for this thought –provoking exhibition. There were two other responses that were particularly interesting, highlighting very different approaches to citizenship. To the question of what makes a good citizen, one participant responded: ‘A good citizen follows the laws and...
Rich pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

Rich pictures

...style or structure on your picture. Place everything on your sheet wherever your instinct prompts. At a later stage, you may find that the placement itself was significant. If you don’t know where to begin, then the following sequence may help to get you started: First look for the structures in the situation – these are the parts of the situation that change...
Video 10 mins
Shaken and stirred? Blending the familiar and new in Bond’s music
History & The Arts

Shaken and stirred? Blending the familiar and new in Bond’s music

...style of its composer as much as the character of Bond. Sean Connery’s Bond, for instance, is instantly associated with the horn- and string-rich melodiousness of John Barry’s music, musical features that characterise many of Barry’s other notable film scores (such as Out of Africa, The Ipcress File, or Dances with Wolves). Barry continued to write for the series...
Remembering Thatcherism
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Thatcherism

...style and presentation. This ideological nature of Thatcherism helps us understand wider changes in Britain in recent decades and shifts which have taken place across politics, economics and culture. Much of the pioneering thinking on Thatcherism can be found in the work of Stuart Hall. His first article The Great Moving Right Show, written before Thatcher came to power...
After Manchester: The strength of the city
Digital & Computing

After Manchester: The strength of the city

...style, life will go on. People will go to work and children will go to school. As one head teacher put it in an email to parents today: Normality is a comfort in difficult times. But we must brace ourselves for what will inevitably emerge in the coming days. As the identities of the victims, some of them children, are revealed and we see their innocent faces, the true...