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Published on Thursday, 22 January 2009 10:05 | | 
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In these times of uncertainty, it is very easy to feel anxious and depressed about the threats to our economy, our livelihoods and to the environment, writes Louise Ellis.
However, a research study by scientists at
But how can we maintain happiness and hope in troubled times?
Published on Tuesday, 20 January 2009 19:00 | | |
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Anne Frank would have been 80 this year - her diary still has a message for us all says Alex Canfor-Dumas
To the casual passer-by there may seem nothing remarkable about 263 Prensengracht – a four-storey building which overlooks a quiet Amsterdam canal. Yet, almost every day throughout the year, a crowd of people gather outside this address, and patiently wait their turn to climb the steep stairs that lead to a secret annexe at the top of the house. Here, more than sixty-five years ago, a young Jewish girl wrote a diary so remarkable and moving that its impact is still felt more than six decades after her death.
Published on Monday, 19 January 2009 19:00 | | |
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Published on Sunday, 18 January 2009 19:00 | | |
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Published on Saturday, 17 January 2009 19:00 | | |
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The news that the Government has given the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow is disastrous news for many, writes Julia Stephenson, particularly for those who live in the village of Sipson who must now come to terms with the forced bulldozing of their homes.
Even flat-earthers who believe that global warming is not man-made cannot disregard the horror of thousands of people being subjected to increased levels of pollution, noise and brutal eviction from their homes.
But even though many of us feel outrage at the Government’s decision, how many of us are actually prepared to stop flying to protect the biosphere and our quality of life? It’s altruistic to stop but it throws up dilemmas. What do you do, for example, if a close relative decides to get married in an exotic far flung destination and will be offended if you refuse to attend? Flying to these increasingly extravagant nuptials incurs what George Monbiot calls `love miles. `It is both immoral to travel there’, he writes, `because of climate change, and immoral not to, because of the offence it causes’. In other words you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t…
Published on Wednesday, 14 January 2009 19:00 | | |
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The Fives Modes of Prayer
Published on Wednesday, 14 January 2009 19:00 | | |
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Having heard of Naltrexone as a way of beating heroin addiction, I was interested - says Clea Myers - to read about its progress with alcoholism, an illness that affects significantly more of our population and one that will steadily grow in these credit-crunching times, if past statistics are to be believed.
Personally, I doubt my own ability to willingly drink cocktails alongside a pill that inhibits their euphoric effects. Not so, however, for Mrs M, who has successfully controlled her problem drinking with this pill