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The values of Bond: What 007 tells us about changing attitudes to sexual harassment
History & The Arts

The values of Bond: What 007 tells us about changing attitudes to sexual harassment

...physical and sartorial appearance does not mean she is simply the passive recipient of the male gaze and masculine control. In fact, it points to the female body as the bone of contention within the “office battle of the sexes”. When a new Moneypenny (Samantha Bond) appears in GoldenEye in 1995, wearing a black evening dress, to Brabazon, “her clothes … signify a...
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The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling
History & The Arts

The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling

...physical encounter with the author’s body. So the writer’s house museum generally tries to make it possible for us to feel as though the writer is still ‘at home’. Some of the ways of doing this are very familiar and feel natural. The writer’s desk is key – here’s Dylan Thomas’s, complete with coffee cup and crumpled up paper as though he had just popped...
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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...physical properties. But a new word for iron appears in text from approximately 1295BC ‘Bia-n-pt’, translating literally as ‘iron from the sky’ and this word was used to describe all meteorite iron from this time onwards. It is difficult to prove exactly what prompted the creation of a new word at this exact time, however, it is possible that a major event such as...
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The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...physical or mental health, 22% live in poverty and 80% are lonely or socially isolated (Carers UK, 2021). [A young woman leaning over an elderly, frail man in a bed, caring for him and possible a daughter.]Caring also impacts on education and employment; those who have been young adult carers have lower GCSE attainment, are twice as likely as their peers to be NEET (not...
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Enduring Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enduring Love

...physical, okay. Owen Yeah. Ann You know, it’s nice to hold hands; it’s nice to kiss, isn’t it? It’s nice to hug. Owen And when we go out I’m afraid may seem soppy but we hold hands. It’s probably to stop me falling over now but. Ann Are you romantic dear? Owen Well I would say not I expect. Ann No, I would say not. Owen But on the other hand depends what you...
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Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Nature & Environment

Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world

...Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S. L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M. I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu and B. Zhou...
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Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement

...physical and human form with deficiencies in education that explain low productivity. The NI economy being locked in a kind of underdevelopment trap that is an important element in explaining the persistence of weak economic performance linked to productivity. Figure 2 shows the continuing productivity challenge since the GFA in relation to the rest of UK. [Productivity,...
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Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice

...physical and psychological ill health. What larger people do experience is the daily stigma of being told their bodies are not aesthetically worthy, and that they take up too much space. Take the phenomenon of the ‘Headless Fatty’ as an example (Cooper, 2007). This is where photos are taken of people of size without their consent and presented only from the neck down...
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