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Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit

...trouble when trying to become German. Rottmann lost his Austrian nationality when he became a German citizen – as under Austrian law, nationality is automatically revoked if a person is naturalised elsewhere. But it turned out that he had lied about his criminal convictions when applying for German citizenship. When the German authorities found out, they withdrew his...
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A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
History & The Arts

A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws

...trouble. By 1946 there was a significant, very discrete, gay community in Leicester, including prominent people in public life and the arts. Most of the time, gay men were ignored by the police, but at times “cottaging” – anonymous sex between two men – could be severely punished. In an interview with the LGBT Oral History Project, Boylan recalled that Thomas and...
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‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis

...trouble with his right arm, Alan went to his doctor, then had a raft of tests with a neurologist. When we were told he had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a form of MND, it was unbelievable. Isn’t that what Professor Stephen Hawking and those rugby players have or had? When Alan contracted pneumonia and was rushed into Coventry hospital, I thought that was the end....
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English monsters
History & The Arts

English monsters

...trouble with. Ultimately, though, he has triumphed over them all, having ‘. . . a semblance / That very dogs disdained . . . ‘. Less shocking but witty and darkly humorous, Jonson, in The Alchemist (1610), has Subtle refer to dogs in his ‘mystical’ reading of the tobacconist Drugger’s name. The superstitious Drugger has sought advice as to the design of his shop...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship

...troubling, social effecs involved with sponsorship. Corporations and entire industries employ sponsorship to expand their market, commonly in ways that go substantially beyond traditional advertising techniques. They seek to fund events and public services in order to promote their products – even if only indirectly. This allows them to reach consumers, like children,...
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How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?
Money & Business

How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?

...trouble for collecting the personal data of its users, but many companies have a growing incentive to rid their hands of the data that users entrust them with. This is because of growing costs of holding onto it. A major cause is the rising number of cyber attacks where hackers steal the identity information held by companies, often to sell them on to various black...
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COVID Chronicles from the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

COVID Chronicles from the Margins

...troubled eyes stare out commanding our attention. The two hair colours suggest conflicting emotions – safety and danger, disease and health. The self-portrait is surrounded by an invisible energy and sense of threat, that cannot be seen but are nevertheless conveyed. Transcript This beautiful, evocative video film, created by a group of Syrian refugees living in...
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Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...troubling. Critics highlight the way that forest school can become like a production line of nature experiences - cut a wood cookie, experience a fire - commodified for their learning potential. Anxiety, injustice and rights Climate anxiety is growing in young people, according to a global survey, and young children are not immune from older children’s worries. They are...
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