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The Life of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Life of Socrates

...between Plato's and Xenophon's depictions of Socrates, both present a man who cared nothing for class distinctions or 'proper behavior' and who spoke as easily with women, servants, and slaves as with those of the higher classes. This article was originally published on Ancient.eu, written by Joshua J. Mark and released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence....
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Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...cares for terminally ill children, young adults and their families. ‘Out of the Blue’, a group of singers from Oxford University, released a single in 2014, Hips Don’t Lie – Charity Single – Shakira – Out of the Blue, with all the profits going to the charity. Out of the Blue Shakira medley The fantastic Out of the Blue have recorded a medley of Shakira songs...
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James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...care about the world and what was happening. There were a shocking series of films and images, very iconic, and around the time Sting was campaigning. I think I was 16, 17, it was a very formative time and the seed was sewn then. It wasn’t until a few years later that I managed to start working in television, but I think from that moment I wanted to try and do what I...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...