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Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...de Depots et Consignations in France linked to European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Membership of the European Union and eventually Eurozone, in the event of the latter functioning as an Optimal Currency Area (OCA) as art of EU-wide economic reforms that end the institutionalization of austerity. The list could go on...
Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)
History & The Arts

Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)

...De Stijl movement (1917-1931), a collection of Dutch artists and architects, wanted to liberate the arts from the shackles of tradition. Other movements such as Art Nouveau (1893-1914) and Expressionism (1912-1923) also experimented with bold, new forms and ideas, and in Russia the Constructivists (1920-1932) emphasised honesty of materials and functional simplicity in...
The language used during end of life care matters
Health, Sports & Psychology

The language used during end of life care matters

...de-prescribing – indicating that something is not being done. There’s the implication then that medical intervention is inherently ‘good’ and thus, not providing interventions, is somehow ‘bad’. The emotive reactions to such a framing about intervention and care can be seen in the media reactions surrounding the Liverpool Care Pathway in 2012, where not...
Neurodivergence and birth trauma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and birth trauma

...A., Chang, Z., Larsson, H., Mataix-Cols, D. and Fernández de la Cruz, L. (2019) ‘Association of caesarean delivery with risk of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in the offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, JAMA Network Open, 2(8), e1910236. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.10236 (Accessed: 14 March 2025)....
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...prompts below to label the roots which support your tree: My religion, beliefs, values come from… My personality comes from… My hobbies come from… My strength and skills come from… My appearance comes from… My dreams about the future come from… There will be some aspects of your identity that you have little choice about, these may be physical attributes like...
Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?

...de Condorcet and Jean-Charles de Borda. (Condorcet was friends with Thomas Jefferson, who appears to have paid little attention to Condorcet’s writings about voting.) Condorcet suggested that, if an absolute majority – more than half the voters – prefers Candidate X to Candidate Y, then Candidate Y should not be the winner. That seems very reasonable. Why not make...
Hanes anthem genedlaethol Cymru
History & The Arts

Hanes anthem genedlaethol Cymru

...De Cymru a Sir Fynwy, safodd myfyrwyr ac aelodau staff ar eu traed i ganu cân y daethpwyd i’w hadnabod wrth ei geiriau agoriadol: ‘Hen wlad fy nhadau’. Cafodd ei hysgrifennu yn 1856 gan y tad a’r mab Evan a James James o Bontypridd fel gwrogaeth ramantus i etifeddiaeth Cymru: ei beirdd, cerddorion a’i hiaith. Nodwedd hynod yw’r saib yn y canol ar gyfer y...
An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...levels | Books | The Guardian Good e-Reader (2022) Book sales in the United Kingdom are booming - Good e-Reader (goodereader.com) BePolar (2019) Les chiffres et le palmarès des ventes du genre Polar dévoilés par l'Observatoire de la librairie (bepolar.fr) Acknowledgements Image of Andrea Camilleri Image of Georges Simenon Image of Hercule Poirot Image of Maj Sjöwall...