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    Indigenous languages

    The Diversity And Preservation Of Indigenous Languages

    Indigenous languages are an integral part of the cultural identity of communities that speak them, providing a means to express a people’s world view, values, and history.


    Trending

    The Dark Side Of Trending

    From a societal perspective, the overwhelming focus on viral content can often overshadow important real world issues and news.


    The Wren

    The Wren: December’s Other Bird

    The wren is very common in folklore literature.


    The Mandela Effect

    The Mandela Effect

    The Mandela Effect refers to a phenomenon in which a large group of people collectively misremember or recall an event, fact, or detail differently to how it occurred.


    New books

    New Books For December

    New Books recommended last month were in the Science Fiction genre. This time around, it’s fantasy.


    Jonathan Swift

    Jonathan Swift

    Swift’s writing reflected the dissatisfaction he had with the social and political structures of his day,


    COP28

    COP28: Milestone Or Not?

    It is currently predicted that global temperatures will reach 2.5C in the near future despite the current pledges to tackle emissions.


    Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill

    To mark his birthday, we present a few interesting but perhaps little-known facts about one of the most famous British Prime Ministers in history.


    Pilgrims

    The First American Pilgrims

    Conditions in the first settlement, combined with the harsh North American winter, meant that by the spring of 1621 around half of the Mayflower’s passengers had died, succumbing to disease and the cold.


    The Terracotta Warriors

    The Terracotta Warriors

    The story of the terracotta warriors begins in the late third century BC, when the ambitious Qin Shi Huang ascended to the throne of the Qin Dynasty.