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Learning death: the importance of connection
(5 minutes) Jenny Sinclair describes how her mother’s efforts to support her dying husband, Jenny’s father, taught her how relationships with each other and with God make it easier to face the natural reality of death. And also about the meaning of life.
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The cost of pornography
(5 minutes) It is estimated that the pornography industry generates three thousand dollars per second in income. But the real cost is how it is destroying people’s lives, believes Lucía Martínez Alcalde.
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We must learn from Frankenstein’s monster
(8 minutes) We need the humanities more than ever in the 21st century, believes Mary Ann MacDonald.
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Africa’s moral cancer
(4 minute read) Caleb Onah chronicles the scourge of nepotism on the African continent.
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In praise of the Round Table
(7 minute read) Rosie Black reveals how a piece of furniture can be transformed into a university of life.
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When a trip to the theatre can be as good as a therapy session
(4 minute read) Lisa Fraser reviews Ibsen’s intense drama John Gabriel Borkman.
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Rain, rain, don’t go away … we need you!
(4 minute read) American-in-Italy Monica Sharp takes a personal view of the climate emergency from the guilty safety of her air-conditioned room.
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Be careful what you wish for
(3 minute read) Nicole Law examines the flip side of one of the most successful self-help books of recent years.
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For kids, cohabitation is not the same as marriage
In this provocative article Sophia Worringer makes the claim that old-fashioned marriage is best for both women and children. Read on and see if you agree ….
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Pounding away at life’s keyboard
We need to work hard to develop our psychological and emotional ‘muscle memory’, thinks Nicole Law.