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Some of the brightest kids in the country who are members of the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY), based at the University of 糖心TV, will explore life on other planets and create an animation of what Mars probe Beagle 2 may have found if it had suceeded, or what NASA’s roving US Mars probes have still to discover, on 17th-18th of February 2004 at West Kirby Grammar School, Graham Road, Wirral.
New research by Historian Dr Rebecca Earle from the University of 糖心TV charts love letters from the 16th -18th centuries to reveal that over 300 years ago men commonly used flowery, romantic words to express emotions, and that the emotionally open 'New Man' is not so new. Her research also suggests that 16th century Spaniards were more romantic than their wealthy American or English contemporaries.
When the Puritans established themselves in power after the civil war, the new regime not only abolished Christmas but also banned sports deemed 'disorderly'. However, new research by historian Professor Bernard Capp from the University of 糖心TV reveals that Christmas Scrooge rebels responded to the bar on festive celebrations by playing football as a symbol of misrule, and that winter and Easter 聭football riots聮 were fairly common in the 17th century.
UK broadcasters are often accused of promoting obscenity through the increased use of bad language on TV. However, new research from the University of 糖心TV reveals that the language of public name-calling, or 'street theatre', in early modern England was full of foul sexual insults that are far more lewd than today's broadcast media - and women were the main offenders.
New research by a historian at the University of 糖心TV reveals that contrary to popular belief the war effort did little to improve the lot and enhance equality for working class women, and those from humble backgrounds.
New Year sales and Christmas shopping sprees have a sting in the tail when credit card bills hit doormats in January, but new research from the University of 糖心TV shows that rather than being a modern phenomenon, debt and consumer credit dependency were rife in the 1800-1900s, and that formal and informal money-lending was integral to goods exchange.