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The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End
History & The Arts

The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End

...write about them creatively. The armistice of November, 1918 has been represented many times in the post-war drama, poetry and fiction produced in ex-combatant countries and elsewhere too. [Ford Madox Ford] Ford Madox Ford Using one of its most well-known novelistic representations, A Man Could Stand Up-, volume 3 of Parade’s End by Ford Madox Ford, I’m going to...
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Election days: 1779 - Save Britain from crisis!
History & The Arts

Election days: 1779 - Save Britain from crisis!

...Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776] As Americans shape their own destiny; can Britain survive such a blow? To the independent Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of Hampshire Inertia et mollita animi alius expectantes cucnctarnini: My virtuous Countrymen, Now is the time for spirited and manly exertion. Our all is at stake. The activity and zeal of every...
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Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...Writing at the Institute For Government, Oliver Ilott suggests the main barrier to cross is the tariff barrier: A trade deal between the US and UK may attempt to remove tariffs in areas where they are high. These are almost all in agriculture. On the US side, there are 22 import duty rates above 100%, all on agricultural products. This makes some agricultural goods...
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Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Education & Development

Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?

...write better essays and describe themselves as more focused on school than students in the second kind of group. In short, how students interpret their everyday difficulties with school matters. Is there a pattern? Is there a way to predict how students might interpret difficulty and ease? In the same 1,000-person set of studies, we asked people to rate how much they...
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Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?

...writing. He states the UK government’s strategy was not his idea and identifies himself as a Podiatrist, not an epidemiologist. His stated intent is to “amplify the people who ARE experts". By this he means “people like the excellent Prof Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance (as opposed to all the overnight virologists I see in the comments)”. However, these experts...
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A bird on the edge: the story of the chough and how it speaks for people
Society, Politics & Law

A bird on the edge: the story of the chough and how it speaks for people

...writing in The Independent at the time stated: The discovery has delighted Cornish nationalists, who are campaigning for a devolved parliament. "This will be seen as a symbol of hope," said Dr Loveday Jenkin of the nationalist party Mebyon Kernow. "The re-emergence of the chough is a symbol of the re-emergence of the Cornish nation." It is hard to think of a stronger...
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How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?
Digital & Computing

How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?

...writes: বলতে দ্বিধা নেই, আমাদের দেশের জনপ্রতিনিধিবৃন্দের অনেকেই নিজেদের জনপ্রতিনিধি কম, রাজা বেশী ভাবতে শুরু করেন সাংসদ নির্বাচিত হবার সাথে...
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Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?

...write ‘say orange if you’ve read this.’ And so you’re expected if you match, the first thing you say to them is orange to show that you’ve actually read through it. In general, men appear to be less particular about whom they swipe right on in an attempt to increase their chances of gaining a match. However, these swipes do not always result in the kind of match...
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