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Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...write down everything you know about yourself and your immediate family, concentrating on names, dates of birth, marriage and death, and where these events took place - geography plays an important part in tracing your family tree, as people have a habit of moving around the country. Next, talk to your family, especially the older generations who should be able to...
‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...Writing migrants back into NHS history: addressing a ‘collective amnesia’ and its policy implications’, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol. 103 (10): 392-396. ‘The Long History of Migrant Workers in the NHS, Immigration News UK, April 9, 2020: https://immigrationnews.co.uk/history-of-overseas-workers-in-the-nhs/ UNISON Scotland: Overseas Nurses Network:...
The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries
Society, Politics & Law

The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries

...Writing to the press he stated he had ‘never come across a more intelligent set of young women anywhere’. (as reported in the Dumfries Standard & Advertiser on 10th April 1912, page 6: ‘Ryedale Factory Strike: Concert in Aid of Strike Funds. The letter was in the same paper on 8th April 1912, page 4: ‘Glovemakers’ Strike’). Moving to Arbitration On 13th April...
What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...writing works in Chinese condemning the “religion of Fo” (fo is the Chinese word for Buddha). Early reports on the Buddhism of Thailand came from delegations sent to the court of Siam by Louis XIV, delegations that included Jesuit priests. The term “Buddhism” would not appear in English until the early nineteenth century. The Jesuits who wrote the reports and the...
Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...write this from the perspective of a white western European mother, grandmother. I know there will be people and cultures that will have different views about how we should prepare for death, but in this series of articles I will be focusing on my thoughts about western practices, especially those I have experienced in England, UK. “ What’s the problem we are facing?...
Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...writing, editing and broadcasting.” Veganism here is reduced to a taste preference, or consumer disposition – just one dietary option among several – rather than an ethical imperative directed towards eliminating the human exploitation of other animals. In his initial response, Sitwell says his previous “good behaviour” is evidence that this recent episode is...
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...MSc students can write a masters dissertation on in the module M840, Dissertation in mathematics. Research at The Open University: The hat and spectre tilings are currently being investigated by our mathematicians and engineers as part of their research into new materials. Visit A class of aperiodic honeycombs with tuneable mechanical properties for more information....
The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...writing, check out his website. Podcast 10: George and Martin What have we learned about improving our financial nutrition? George Callaghan and Martin Higginson from The Open University share their thoughts on the first season, picking out highlights and discussing which choices are likely to improve financial nutrition. Practical takeaways include the importance of...