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The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...attention – many of the women asked who Christ was. Encouraged, over subsequent visits Elizabeth gradually put in place a new regime designed to reform the female prisoners. She organised a school for their children, appointed a female matron to guard them, procured useful work to occupy their time, formed a Ladies Association the members of which would visit, dispense...
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A brief history of advertising
Money & Business

A brief history of advertising

...in capturing the audience's attention. With the fragmentation of the commercial television industry this ‘golden age’ may be over but television is no longer the be all and end all of today’s advertising world. With the opportunities that digital communications offer only beginning to be realised it looks like there will be plenty of changes still to come....
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Appreciative Inquiry
Education & Development

Appreciative Inquiry

...attention is often on problems to be resolved or tackled. Taking an appreciative approach reframes this focus towards building on what is already working well, where existing strengths identified through our stories, combined with imagination, hope and courage, form a generative space for future practice transformations. During the session, we explored the ways in which...
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Election days: 1868 - No vote, no verger
History & The Arts

Election days: 1868 - No vote, no verger

...attention was immediately directed to a man coming away from it with an air which showed he was a free and independent Briton who had given his vote conscientiously - you can always distinguish such men. I was rather admiring the man, when suddenly a clergyman presented himself before our free and independent Briton. Mark the conversation. Clregyman - "Hallo, Horne (or...
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World-Changing Women: Nur Jahan
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Nur Jahan

...attention of the Emperor and they were married in 1611; she would be Jahangir’s twentieth and last legal wife. During the next ten years, assisted by trusted men like her father and brother, she assumed all the rights of sovereignty and government. It is said that Jahangir’s addiction to alcohol and opium, and preference for artistic pursuits made him dependent upon...
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Key Ideas in Therapy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Key Ideas in Therapy

...attention. Finally the therapist needs to look beyond the individual to the social systems around them, such as family and work, which might be where the client's emotional problems come from... The Therapy Relationship What’s more important, finding the right therapy or finding the right therapist? There are a wide range of therapeutic approaches out there in the...
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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...attention, motor control, language skills and eyesight, especially in under-fives, for whom so much brain development is taking place. Technology companies and app developers are throwing their marketing prowess at the problem, slapping words like “educational” and “e-learning” on their products, often without any scientific basis. So what are parents to do? [A...
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‘Super-human’ athletes are at risk from the post-Olympic blues – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Super-human’ athletes are at risk from the post-Olympic blues – here’s why

...attention shifts to the next spectacle. So what happens to elite athletes when their moment in the spotlight is over? Sadly, it seems likely that many could suffer a case of the post-Olympic blues. Research following the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics found that the return home can be accompanied by confusion, depression, anger, resentment, abandonment and emptiness. We...
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