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Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...family environment we were born into. As we grow older, we are more and more reaping the consequences of our own choices (living in places we ourselves have chosen, doing jobs that we were drawn to, surrounded by people like us whom we have sought out). Thus, personality differences that might have been very slight at birth become dramatic in later adulthood. Personality,...
LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...families. Multiple court cases were taken by couples seeking legal recognition and businesses, charities, politicians and businesses stood shoulder to shoulder with our community demanding change. Unfortunately, like so many times before, this change was not achieved through the Northern Ireland Assembly, but rather was introduced and passed through Westminster with cross...
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...history and have been used since ancient times as decorative art – from Islamic art to Roman mosaics. Tilings can be made from one or more shapes, and the tiles can be made from regular or irregular polygons. If the pattern repeats, the tiling is call periodic. But is it possible to have a set of tiles, that can cover the infinite surface such that the pattern never...
Learning about sex, a shilling a time: Aristotle's Masterpiece
History & The Arts

Learning about sex, a shilling a time: Aristotle's Masterpiece

...family maidservant when she went to the privy; he bored a few holes in the wall so he “could plainly see” the parts discussed in the book. [A hairy child from an 1831 edition of Aristotle's Masterpiece] A hairy child from the 1831 edition of the Masterpiece The book that Cannon read so eagerly was neither by Aristotle nor usually considered a masterpiece. It is,...
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...history of Western civilisation in particular and “civilised” values more generally. There’s a lot to be said for secular states, as recent events remind us. Putting the priests and the mullahs in their place and throwing off the yoke of inherited ideology and ignorance has been one of the West’s great achievements. It is not too fanciful to suggest that much of...
Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland

...artists themselves, it describes how artists used creativity and performance to inspire people to action, ignite powerful conversations and build communities of solidarity. It explores how art can change opinions, transcend barriers, shape narratives and make history, her story and their story. [Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland] Download transcript...
Issues in women’s football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Issues in women’s football

...history of women’s football Steph and Carrie discuss the development of women’s football including key moments and periods from the 1920s to the 1970s. Transcript Fan engagement in women’s football Steph and Carrie discuss the differences regarding how fans engage in women’s World Cup tournaments compared to the men’s. Transcript The 2015 Women's World Cup Steph...
How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...history, Donald Trump won a truly historic victory in the U.S. presidential election. Trump’s remarkably decisive win stunned most political pundits, myself included. Throughout the campaign, Trump seemed to have a polling ceiling of about 44 percent and he consistently had the highest unfavorability rating of any major party nominee in history. Accordingly, months ago...