Introduction Eleanor Parker writes in her book, Winters in the World, that “in Anglo-Saxon poetry winter is often imagined as a season when the earth and human beings are imprisoned, kept captive by the ‘fetters of the frost’. Naturally enough, then, spring is associated with images of liberation and freedom once those fetters are released.” (p. More
A new curator at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens is exploring the city’s past to help shape the future of the museum. Collections care development manager Anneke Hackenbroich is unearthing hidden stories in the museum’s stores, ready to share them as part of redeveloping the museum. Anneke, from Stuttgart, graduated from Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Education with a degree in German history and political science. She completed a PhD there before starting work as a teacher before entering...
In the last five years, there’s been a noticeable rise in nostalgia for past decades. With global challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic and rising living costs, many people are looking back fondly on earlier times. Recent data from YouGov shows that Britons tend to view several recent decades as better than the present. The 1990s […]
Rural white voters have, in many cases, far more political power than suburban or urban voters, and they’re using that outsized power to push our nation toward disaster. While they’re only 20 percent of the country, for example, because of gerrymandering they control fully 42 percent of seats in the House of Representatives. The authors of new book, White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy point out that rural whites are measurably more bigoted and xenophobic than suburban or urban...
A lifetime spent in clubhouses is already helping Holliday adjust to the big leagues.
Millions of years ago, animals adapted to become warm-blooded amid huge climactic changes. Now scientists hope these clues from the past could help us understand what lies aheadIn Chicago’s Field Museum, behind a series of access-controlled doors, are about 1,500 dinosaur fossil specimens. The palaeobiologist Jasmina Wiemann walks straight past the bleached leg bones – some as big as her – neither does she glance at the fully intact spinal cord, stained red by iron oxides filling the spaces...
Are there lessons here for politicians on reaching across the divide?
A watchful truck driver became a hero when he noticed a small, shivering dog left in a ditch by the road in St. Louis, Missouri. The driver’s diligence and dedication to making a difference were crucial in saving the dog’s life. Unable to stop for the pup himself, the driver promptly contacted Stray Rescue of St. Louis to report the puppy in urgent need of assistance. This act underscores the profound impact we can have in our everyday lives by
In 'The Devil and Communist China,' Steven Mosher convincingly argues that the evil practiced by the CCP eclipses that of the USSR.
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we examine how Arizona is now at the center of the political universe. Plus, chief political analyst Chuck Todd explains why it's getting more difficult for politicians to find the middle. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here. 2024’s...
CHICAGO (KTVZ) -- Average gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 11.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.33/g Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 46.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 40.2 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. According
As the Israeli onslaught continues in Gaza, so does the ongoing takeover of the West Bank by Israeli settlers and their military muscle. Armed men and women move onto land that was never theirs and take it by force from the people living there. The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF—whose official moniker IDF pretends they are More