About 18 months ago I listened to a really fascinating lecture given by Beth Darnell, on compassion-based health interventions, and the potential role of love and forgiveness in reducing pain. This was really interesting to me, so I thought I would write an article about it for my, then non-existent blog. I did not write …
Funnily enough, I learn a lot about the English language while sitting in an Arabic lesson. Our language teacher often confronts us with the question ‘do you say that in English’ and it is weird how hard it is to decide in the moment whether you would say things in that way in English. Explaining …
Education has many roles in society. For example, education is often viewed as the most significant agency of secondary socialisation, especially for the first few years of a child’s education. The reason for this is that it is one of the first times in a child’s life that they have to interact so regularly with …
Darius’ letter to Alexander in Arrian, book 2, and the reply Alexander gave, shows the reader a lot about the character of each of these powerful men. It also serves to demonstrate the political standing at that precise point in Alexander’s campaigns both in the eyes of Alexander and Darius. The thing that stands out …