Cognitive and emotional empathy in acute and remitted anorexia nervosa: A systematic review
Impairments in empathy are well established in anorexia nervosa (AN).
Topic
Literature
A collection of 363 articles
Gutsy Women: Rosie
In 2008, UK Column—which at that time was a print newspaper—published an article entitled The White Rose.
Language transfer in L2 academic writings: a dependency grammar approach
Dependency distance (DD) is an important factor in language processing and can affect the ease with which a sentence is understood.
Only YOU can stop euthanasia
Recently, Dr.
Night for Day or Day for Night in the Heart of Darkness
“I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air”
Lord Byron, “Darkness”
Overheard in a coffee shop:-
The Hate Police
Scotland’s new “hate crime” law took effect today.
What ‘Brave New World’ and ‘1984’ got wrong and what ‘The Castle’ got right
Charles Hugh Smith compares the writings of Kafka, Huxley and Orwell in the context of our current predicament.
For self-evident reasons, the fictional visions of Orwell and Huxley resonate as maps to current ails being afflicted on the world. But what Kafka got right, Smith says, is how societies can
Hydroxychloroquine-induced hyperpigmentation of the skin and bull’s-eye maculopathy in rheumatic patients: a case report and literature review
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is used as a traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), for the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, it can cause serious adverse reactions, including hyperpigmentation of the skin and bull’s-eye macular lesions. Here, we present a case of
Maiden, Mother, and Crone in Springtime
Throughout history, certain archetypes have weathered the test of time and appeared in countless mythologies and stories.
Spells for Spring Awakening
Spells for spring awakening can be precisely what you need to bloom like the rest of the world as the new season dawns.Pagan practitioners understand the importance of the approaching equinox.
Scottish government’s Hate Crime Bill comes into effect next month; Orwell’s totalitarian nightmare has arrived
For three years, Scotland’s ‘Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill’ has been lurking in the shadows. It is now going to come into effect from 1 April meaning that “misogyny” and “stirring up hatred” will be recorded as a criminal offence.
“It has taken 40 years longer than
3 Spells for the Spring Equinox
The world is coming back to life, and as the Spring Equinox approaches, why not take advantage of this bright new energy that is awakening? There are countless ways to use this springtime energy to manifest abundance, joy, and comfort within your life, all you need is the right medium
UK Council unlawfully incarcerates elderly couple to take their land
Danny Beach bought his farm, Padd Farm, in 1985. It was a 32-acre plot in Virginia Water, a village in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England. Farming was in decline but the Beach’s did their best. After a few years, they realised they would have to diversify and decided
The Unexpected
Despite calendars and clocks and all the mental gymnastics we use to control life and time, surprises are at the heart of existence. This may seem like a truism, but if so, it is one of those truths we often avoid in our desire for stability and the quelling of
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion: Separating fact from fiction
Jewish people have been blamed for everything from the Black Death to the Russian Revolution.
