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It’s not clear when turnips were first eaten in Britain, but they didn’t always have a bad reputation. The Old English word neep goes back to at least the 10th century, but turnip (“turn-neep”) is only about 500 years old.
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"So we are left with something of a paradox. While religion has been crowded out by sport in general society, it remains a conspicuous part of elite sport – with a number of studies ... finding that athletes tend to be more religious than non-athletes."
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St. David (Dewi Sant in Welsh) was celebrated in Wales and Ireland, but what we know about him and his followers mostly comes from the Latin text, Vita S. David (Life of St David), written by the author Rhygyfarch in 1080. Experts delve into the history.
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A study has found that children who have frequent bad dreams are over six times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease by the age of 50 compared with children who never have bad dreams. While this sounds alarming, the absolute risk is small.
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"These fairly regular purges of North Korea’s elite are partly to fend off alleged coup plots, but studies of Pyongyang’s leadership show that they are also a key mechanism to maintain control over the bureaucracy, a system also ... used by Kim Jong-il."
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From the early 19th-century meat markets, private slaughterhouses and the like were situated on the city outskirts to reduce the transport of living animals into the already overcrowded city Experts on how culture is used to repurpose former meat markets
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The world’s largest four-day working week trial has just ended. Almost all of the companies have decided to continue with a reduced working hours model. Expert delves into what businesses should keep in mind when creating a four-day working week.
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In 2022, 442 Irish doctors were issued with temporary work visas for Australia. Ireland has a long history of doctor emigration. 71% of Ireland’s medical graduates of 1950-66 had emigrated by 1969. Very little has changed in the past half a century.
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