But fellow white people, listen up: Black people have been trying to tell us for years that there’s a profound problem with racism in this country and we either didn’t listen or politely nodded and turned away. So now, when the frustration, the grief, what I imagine must be the utte...
Over recent years, as we have become more aware of people’s food intolerances and allergies there has been a great rise in the amount of plant-based milks consumed in the western world. We’ve also realised that there are many benefits associated with the cutting down of animal products i...
British Shorthairs are intelligent, easy-going cats that are great for families and people with multiple pets. They don’t have a moody side, although they can come off as independent and aloof. The British Shorthair is an easy-going cat breed that makes them great for first-time pet own...
unfolding gigantic leaf after leaf, a newer flower, a richer fruit, in every period, yet its next product is never to be guessed. It will only save what is worth saving; and it saves not by compassion, but by power. It appoints no police to guard the lion but his teeth and...
“But because the common people have seen their houses shaken and overturned ... they have therefore used to say, whenever their houses shake, that the earth shakes; and so to rest satisfied with this as a general reason of earthquakes” (Flamsteed 1750). Flamsteed continues to explore ...
The Scottish trows epitomise some of the key aspects of the ‘barrow wight.’ Central to their identity in the human world is their association with hills, or ‘trowie knowes’: the trows are alternatively known as the ‘hill-folk;’ people kidnapped by them are taken ‘under the hill,’...
Partly, this is because people satisfied with the natural appearance of their own teeth don't seek treatment to have it changed, whereas the replacement of visibly missing teeth is for most people a social emergency. But once that is achieved, the matter of how real the prosthetic teeth look...
I don’t agree with every aspect of the article. I DO believe the Iraq invasion was the right thing to do for all sorts of reasons, regardless of how many people sectarian, Islamist fundamentalists have killed there since. But Mr Doran’s main point is that Mr Garcia was more of a Mo...
to far more serious social and mental wellbeing issues affecting our younger people. Developments in communication have had an impact on society, good and bad. Abuse of, and obsession with, social media and the extremes in confidence that this creates has no place in any healthcare profession....
strongly agreed with the statement that ‘more needs to be done to attract the highest possible quality candidates in to the social work profession] Firstly, this doesn’t specify adults, children or mental health social work and secondly, isn’t that about asking people if they like chocolate...