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Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
History & The Arts

Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction

...adult Scout returning to Maycomb County, visiting her father and recalling her childhood. A sequel, in a way, to Mockingbird, it was evidently written prior to it; after reading the story, Lee’s editor asked her to rewrite it from the viewpoint of Scout as a child. “I was a first-time writer”, Lee has said, “so I did what I was told” – and the rest is literary...
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What do safe drinking guidelines mean?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do safe drinking guidelines mean?

...adults capable of making up their own minds seems in stark contrast with the authoritarian tone of publicity from the Department of Health, which baldly says “Men should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol each week, the same as women”. Neither the press release nor the Summary of the guidelines provide any information on the effects of higher consumption, but...
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Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...adult population were either infected with HIV or suffering from AIDS, which reduced life expectancy from 69.5 to 38.8 years. 700 out of 10,000 15-year old Zimbabweans lost one or both parents to AIDS in the same period. No country with such a large-scale impact of HIV/AIDS could escape economic and social challenges. But Zimbabweans stayed resilient and found a way...
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Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...adults who arrived in Britain as unaccompanied minors, but who have turned 18, can also be deported. Some are awaiting notice about whether they will be transferred back to a European country through which they travelled – where the Home Office can pass responsibility for their asylum claim under rules called the Dublin Regulations. And contrary to popular...
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Read this before you fall for a personalised book
History & The Arts

Read this before you fall for a personalised book

...Adults differ in their opinions on personalised books and that difference is attributable to their broader views on childhood and their professional background. Designers and publishers of children’s personalised books believe that they create ‘magical experiences’ for children. Teachers, in contrast, told us that they find such products ‘scary’. Then there are...
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Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...adult Perseus by sending him on a quest to retrieve the head of the Gorgon, Medusa. This became Perseus’ most famous exploit, closely followed by his rescue of the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. [Perseus and Andromeda] Fig 1 Perseus’ story was a popular one for the ancient Greeks and Romans. Although important versions of it have been lost – such as plays by...
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Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...adults and children. [Homeless man with sign] Traditionally, homeless people have been subject to social and political processes that seek to organise them into one of two demoralising categories: ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’. The statutory homeless assessment framework in the UK functions in ways that seek to divide homeless people into categories of ‘priority...
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Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?
Education & Development

Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?

...adult, such as a teacher or school counsellor. A new two-part ABC documentary, Bullied addresses the question of how victimised students can receive help from their school. Part one of the documentary describes the intense suffering of an adolescent victim and the frustration and anguish of his family in finding that the school is not taking any effective action to deal...
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