For some people, bustling crowds and noisy spaces are the stuff of nightmares. If this is you, there are some simple tricks and tips to getting hold of everything you need and hiding away in the quiet recesses of the …
The British winter can be a dull and depressing time, so it is important to find something fun to divert yourself until the two days in June when we actually see some sunshine. Happily, Time Out has helped us out …
The University VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a lightweight app that lets you use library eresources from anywhere as if you were logged in onto a computer on campus. This is particularly useful if there is a problem logging into a resource, because connecting via the VPN usually solves it. There are also a handful of resources that can only be used on campus or using the VPN.
Suffering from the intersectional oppression both as Black people and as women, Black women face communal microaggressions and exclusion in academia, as elsewhere, making an already steep career path even more difficult for them. This is reflected in the challenges …
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Looking after ourselves means taking time to care for bodies and minds together. It doesn’t matter what you read or what exercise you do, only that you enjoy what you are doing. As I was once told, “life is not a rehearsal”, so make the most of your time. Enjoy every moment you can, and if you can’t, see if there is anything obvious you can do to make life better.
Bringing an admittedly selective sweep of leading Black ladies up to the late twentieth century, we see how Black women have been instrumental in making up for deficiencies in the welfare state, building self-sufficient communities, neutralising some of the most dangerous periods of interracial strife in British history, while still making waves in popular culture.
There’s an old saying that “an Englishman’s home is his castle” – somewhere you can retreat from the world and feel entirely safe and secure. While this is hopefully true, the police want to remind you (and everyone else) that …
This month’s Rare Book Display on the Mezzanine level of the University of Portsmouth’s Library has been curated by Emily who we are lucky to have as one of our Student Assistants. Emily has chosen a fascinating and eclectic range of books. All are beautiful in their own way. It was fantastic to have Emily’s choices that reflect her diverse interests. Its an eclectic collection – from beautiful portraits of society figures dressed in their finest, divinely bound books and the poetic writings of Oscar Wilde; to the caricatures of Punch and Judy and finally the macabre Hans Holbein.
Staying relaxed and self-aware is vital to our wellbeing but the wicked state of the world means that this is often not easy. Reading for pleasure has been found to have a profound impact on wellbeing. It doesn’t matter what …
The fifth of November is remembered every year in England as Fireworks Night, the anniversary of the foiled Gunpowder plot to blow up King James I at the opening of Parliament.
