Category: Features
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Inequality in Britain’s Healthcare
Lauren Hood discusses the establishment of the NHS in Britain, highlighting initial public scepticism and doctors’ concerns over financial impacts. Despite its aim to provide equal healthcare access, disparities persist, exacerbated by increased privatization. The NHS remains a source of national pride, yet faces ongoing criticism regarding service quality and accessibility issues.
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The Case of Lazdynai: Can Urbanism be Sustainable?
Finley Farrell demonstrates how Lazdynai, a planned district of Vilnius built in the post-Stalin era, reflects urban design and can shape sustainable living.
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Zheltoksan: The Forgotten Beginning of the End of the Soviet Union
Kirsty Rough explore the Zheltoksan protests and how thier role led to the fall of the Soviet Union
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“Not the English of Shakespeare: that of Bush.” Natural Resources in Neoliberal Bolivia, 1985-2005
Alexander Stroem discusses how natural resource politics, historically central to Bolivian identity, underwent transformation under neoliberalism.
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An Instrument of War – The story of the Great Highland Bagpipe in ‘The Year of The Prince’
Sam Mackenzie details the history of the Great Highland Bagpipe as ‘an instrument of war’.
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The Jewels that Killed the Queen: The French Royal Necklace Affair
Kate Taylor explores the theft of a missing necklace which caused a scandal in eighteenth-century France, fuelling public distaste towards Marie Antoinette.
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Did a Woman Create Abstract Art? Notes on Hilma Af Klint
Helene Chaligne discusses the debate over who created the first Western abstract artwork. Although Kandinsky claimed primacy, Hilma af Klint’s influential spiritualist and botanical themes have only recently gained recognition.
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Why and in what ways did the Roman empire exploit its natural resources?
Emily Martin explores how the Roman Empire exploited its natural resources, especially through deforestation and excessive hunting, to support urbanisation and military needs.
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