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Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
History & The Arts

Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen

...troubled father-son relationships. His most famous song, ‘Hallelujah’, begins with the paternal relationship between the psalmist King David and the father God he pleases with his ‘secret chord’. Consider ‘Story of Isaac’, from Songs from a Room (1969). This is a pointed retelling of the story from Genesis. God instructs Abraham to sacrifice his only son...
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Is your wash day polluting the oceans?
Nature & Environment

Is your wash day polluting the oceans?

...fibres are shed from our garments and other fabrics. [The Conversation]For our marine life, plastic means permanent pollution. As consumers we need to understand the environmental impact of fast fashion and short-term clothing. The trouble is, it really does all come out in the wash. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
Nature & Environment

Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists

...trouble, the WMO says it is hard to establish the implications of what is happening there. The Arctic makes up about 4% of the Earth’s surface, but the WMO says it is “one of the most data-sparse regions in the world because of its remoteness and previous inaccessibility. “Lack of data and forecasts in the Arctic does impact on the quality of weather forecasts in...
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Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone
Education & Development

Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone

...troubled families, reducing their involvement in violent crime and disorder”. The government hoped to see “a reduction in the number of youth fatalities and serious injuries caused by gang or youth violence”. But in 2015, the Home Affairs Select Committee reported that that the Home Office had failed to properly evaluate the effectiveness or value for money of the...
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Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...troubled. A long way from the typical portrayal of the grey-bearded, kind but eccentric neurologist. On a personal note, I have a particular debt of thanks to Dr Sacks. When I was an uninspired psychology undergraduate, I was handed a copy of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat which immediately convinced me to become a neuropsychologist. Years later, I went to see him...
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Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?

...trouble is, Corbyn is most definitively not a stranger to the Bear Pit of PMQs. He has been attending for more than 30 years, albeit perched high above the Commons floor on the very back benches. His outsider, political ingénue image is a confection. And in any case, a more deliberative and civilised style of PMQs is not a break with the past. It would be a return to a...
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Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result
Society, Politics & Law

Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result

...trouble is, the eurozone is currently governed as a technocracy. The heads of state meet behind closed doors. They send out incredible proposals in the middle of the night – like privatising 50 billion euros of Greek assets – while everyone knows it will be a veritable fire sale. As if the Greek economy could sell its assets under these conditions! This happened...
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
Languages

Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...trouble for employees nonetheless. Such language practices are not restricted to business. Words such as ‘collateral damage’ and ‘rendition’ have been coined or purloined to obscure far more brutal actions than those of a company cutting jobs to stay afloat. Of course, the use of new words or old words in new ways to promote a certain worldview is not only the...
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