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Two kings, two very different coronations
History & The Arts

Two kings, two very different coronations

...institution of monarchy. For Charles III, ascending the throne after the 70-year reign of his mother, Elizabeth II, the coronation acts as a particularly significant declaration of a new chapter in the history of the British monarchy. While it seems that Charles III’s coronation will lean towards the minimalist, the 1821 coronation of George IV (r.1820-1830) was a piece...
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Climate of fear: culture of hope
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Climate of fear: culture of hope

...institutions and businesses who are contributing to the problem deny responsibility or push back against plans for addressing it. But if public opinion creates enough pressure, the government is forced to act, creating regulations and standards which force change on the corporations, who then adapt their practices and technology. So public opinion is vital, both in...
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The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)
Science, Maths & Technology

The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)

...Institute. "The equipment" is an aluminium contraption about two and a half metres high, of tripod shape with a horizontal arm that can drop a sensor from various heights. We are off to Chesil Beach, on the coast of Dorset. Why are two planetary scientists going to the Dorset coast? Obviously, because Chesil Beach is like the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon! [The...
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...institutions like the BBC to consider keeping Titty for future generations of children. For one, Barbara Altounyan argued that changing her aunt’s name was tantamount to altering her identity. Indeed, the story’s heroine Mavis decided to change her name after watching the English Fairy Tale ‘Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse’. She enjoyed the story so much that she...
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Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?
Society, Politics & Law

Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?

...are again raised around performance, financial sustainability and superiority of service. The state might not offer preferable alternatives to their business counterparts, but there is one key difference with state run facilities: public accountability for the individual or institutional infliction of harm or systematic violence, at least in theory if not practice....
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Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...Institute for Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines which recommend talking therapies and antidepressants. [Fruit and vegetables] A healthy balanced diet is a factor in positive mental well-being Use of antidepressants Antidepressant use has more than doubled in recent years. In England, 64.7m prescriptions were issued for antidepressants in 2016 at the cost of £266.6m. This...
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How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Health, Sports & Psychology

How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri

...Institute. According to historical sources, she was a charismatic teacher who taught a flowing sequences of postures, many with at least one knee bent, resting a foot in the groin. Sunita’s signature technique was the “slipped second” during which one calls to mind anxieties, before releasing them completely for “just one second”. Explaining to listeners of BBC...
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Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...institutions or private donors and use them accountably and responsibly – free of corruption – for the benefit not of the few but of the many. Lastly, just as the African stool is made out of a single block of wood, each leg, or pillar is reinforced by the others and formed from the same grain, so the issues must be addressed together and simultaneously.” Maathai...
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