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ALWAYS Win the War
Now, I’m not one to try and court controversy, but it has occurred to me that the act of war is just good business (for the winners anyway). Let’s take war crimes, death tolls, injuries, post-traumatic stress, and dubious reasons for inciting wars out of the equation for a moment. Instead, look at the opening up of jobs in the military forces. This means that unemployment figures go down, levels of education go up (excellent military and civilian training is provided in all manner of subjects), nationwide happiness is on the up (again, primarily for the winning side), and if we stick to the “to the victor the spoils” philosophy…
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Viva the Tomboy!
Whilst Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is perhaps one of the most famous tomboys of her generation, and in no way likely to become BFF’s with Suri Cruise (if I am mistaken, I will sincerely apologise to everyone involved), it’s very likely that she’ll one day embrace a girlier side of herself. Brad and Angelina, watch out, she’s going to be a handful! Whilst I was no great girly-girl as a child, I was certainly no tomboy either… I left that to my sister. But, I had a certain fascination with tomboys in stories – I envied their ‘go get em’ attitude, and self-sufficiency. I mean, Jo was everybody’s favourite in Little Women,…
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The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships
It was Christopher Marlowe who coined the infamous line regarding Helen of Troy; ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’. I have to say, I do feel sorry for Helen! Put in a position where she was, effectively, responsible for a ten-year war, loss of lives, and the sacking of a city. I ask: was it even her choice to leave Menelaus? Sure, the story goes that she and Paris fell in love and escaped Sparta and her husband by fleeing to Troy. But, really, what if this wasn’t the true story? What if she was actually in love with Menelaus, and was just kidnapped by Paris? Admittedly, if Paris…
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La muerte también puede tener barba blanca y vestir de rojo
Las exposiciones de la Wellcome Collection de Londres no suelen dejar indiferentes a quienes las visitan, ya que combinan arte, ciencia y vida para crear conjuntos peculiares, aberrantes y conmovedores. Este invierno han decidido organizar una muestra acorde a las celebraciones navideñas. «Death: A Self-Portrait» nos invita a explorar trescientos objetos de la colección del neoyorquino Richard Harris relacionados con el festivo y alegre tema de la muerte y la mortalidad. «Death: A Self-Portrait» se divide en cinco bloques: la contemplación de la muerte y la intrascendencia de los placeres mundanos; el omnia mors aequat y la fugacidad de la vida; las muertes violentas a causa, sobre todo, de la…
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“Death and Taxes”
Death: one of life’s greatest mysteries, and therefore one of people’s greatest fears. Whilst many peoples and civilisations turn to religion and faith to answer the question of the meaning of life, and the purpose of death, and whether or not life after death exists, the prospect of the actual process of dying causes fear and trepidation. Although we cannot know for sure what the exact experience of death holds for us, many people do take comfort in the knowledge that heaven, or an afterlife, awaits them. Why, therefore, is the prospect of death such a scary one? Perhaps it is the fear of leaving the known, of leaving people…
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