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Promising more than achieving? The French Revolution and today
When it comes to protecting the rights of minorities and guaranteeing new freedoms, even well-intentioned efforts can have unforeseen consequences. As Bianca Costa Sales points out, history can be a great teacher in this endeavour.
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Retreating to victory, and how silence takes us forward
In this second article in his Travelling where I am series, Joseph Evans explores silence’s hidden power and how it is necessary to make any journey meaningful.
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Poetry page
Three poems exploring the refugee crisis, abandoned children and the power of silence.
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A mum on the move: diary of a new life
Entry two: Glose discovers how publicly smothering your child in Sudocrem can win you and your family priority boarding on Lufthansa. Try it and see.
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Fighting totalitarianism: lessons from the White Rose resistance Part II
At a time when many academics were bowing to the Nazi system, Paul Shrimpton describes how a small group of students courageously opposed it.
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Men like us: a review of The Two Popes film
Beneath the caricatures, Ronnie Convery discovers a thoughtful portrayal of two ordinary men trying their best.
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Editorial: 10th January 2020
Welcome to edition two of Adamah, the new online journal aimed at stimulating thought and reflection on life’s big – and not so big – issues. Christmas has lit up the last month both in expectation and celebration and the feast’s secular cousin, the New Year, is upon us with, ironically, a very Christian call for new resolutions all round. We set out our stall as a publication last month – a vehicle for words to spark interest, open minds and encourage dialogue in a world where words wearing the uniform of vicious soundbites and angry tweets are used all too often to wound and destroy. With that in mind,…
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We can disagree well: an unlikely friendship in Westminster
Zoë Dukoff-Gordon argues that fundamental differences in opinion need not stop you respecting - and learning from - people with contrary views.
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What is the purpose of education?
If we want educational reform to achieve its goal, we need to know why we are educating our children, Roy Peachey argues.
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Between the lines: is a non-feminist approach to Jane Austen possible?
TV and film adaptations of Jane Austen novels either descend into rom-coms or recreate her characters as modern feminist icons. But Bianca Costa Sales proposes an alternative approach.
