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We investigated the dynamic relationships between children's risky play attempts in a naturalistic setting, their injury experience, and their self-control ability. To test this, we administered surveys to 862 mothers of 3- to 5-year-olds. The results showed that children who tried more diverse types of risky play experienced more injuries in naturalistic settings than those who tried fewer types of risky play. Children with a high level of self-control experienced fewer injuries than those with a low level of self-control. Also, children who frequently played in naturalistic settings demonstrated higher self-control. We conclude that when children play in naturalistic settings, those who enjoy trying various types of risky play may be exposed to more danger than those who do not. However, in the long term, children's experience playing in naturalistic settings can enhance their self-control ability, which mitigates the chance of them getting injured.

For the Festival of Britain in 1951, the Arts Council of Great Britain organised an exhibition titled '60 paintings for 'si', featuring work by 54 artists. Only three paintings in [...]

In the autumn of 1606 the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio arrived in Naples, hotfoot from Rome, fleeing a death sentence for murder. Protected by the Colonna family, he worked [...]

The French dealer Frederic Rond, a regular participant at Parcours des Mondes, sums up his special interest: 'Himalayan tribal art is a relatively young market and it is probably the [...]

In April the National Gallery in London announced the acquisition of its first painting by the Impressionist Eva Gonzales--La Psyche (The Full-Length Mirror) (c. 1869-70; Fig. 1), bought from a [...]

In 1949, the artist Robert Motherwell (1915-91) coined the phrase 'New York School'. The term Abstract Expressionism seemed too narrow for the range of experimental painting emerging from his friends' [...]

The artistic movement known as Spatialism was founded by the Argentine-Italian artist Lucio Fontana. In his Manifiesto bianco, co-written in 1946 with his students in Buenos Aires, Fontana declared that [...]

Background: Evidence-based practice in social care and health is widely promoted. Making it a reality remains challenging, partly because practitioners generally see practice-based knowledge as more relevant than empirical research. A further challenge regarding the creative, contextual use of research and other evidence including lived experience and practice-based knowledge is that practitioners, especially in frontline care services, are often seen not as innovators, but recipients of rules and guidelines or followers of pre-determined plans. Likewise, older people are not generally recognised as co-creators of knowledge, learning and development but as passive recipients of care, or objects of research. Aims: This study aimed to address the above issues, through a collaborative and appreciative endeavour involving researchers; social care and health practitioners; managers; older people and carers in 6 sites across Wales and Scotland. Methods: We used participatory action research methodology, applying a dialogic storytelling approach, which enabled participants to explore and address 7 already published research-based 'Challenges' regarding what matters most to older people with high-support needs. Findings: Participants discovered and addressed five elements required in developing evidence-enriched practice; the creation of supportive and relationship-centred research and practice environments; the valuing of diverse types of evidence; the use of engaging narratives to capture and share evidence; the use of dialogue-based approaches to learning and development; and the recognition and resolution of systemic barriers to development. Discussion and conclusion: Although existing literature covers each element, this project was novel in collectively exploring and addressing all five elements together, and in its use of multiple forms of story, which engaged hearts and minds, positive outcomes were achieved.

In July 2013, Christie's put up for sale what it described as 'the most important silver coffee-pot ever to come to the market'. Estimated at 3.5m [pounds sterling]-4.5m [pounds sterling], [...]

The production of silk in China, from the cocoons of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori, dates back to the Neolithic period. According to myth, the first king, Fu Xi, taught [...]

This year marks the centenary of Surrealism. In October 1924, first the Belgian poet Yvan Goll and then the French writer Andre Breton published their respective Surrealist manifestoes. It was [...]

Government responses to COVID-19 have dramatically altered the social quality of daily circumstances. Consequently, theoretical questions about social cohesion require recalibration as we explore new models of social quality. Central to this article is trust, one of the fundamental tenets of social cohesion. We present data from interviews with 40 women in midlife (45-64 years) regarding their everyday experiences of 'life in lockdown' during the pandemic. Key themes focus on women's (dis)trust in individuals (e.g., politicians, public health experts, family, themselves) and systems (e.g., politics, medicine, the media). This study provides insights into the differential impact of the pandemic in shaping public trust and hence social cohesion-in authority, institutions, and 'each other'-with important lessons for how future efforts can rebuild trust in post-pandemic times. Keywords: Australia, COVID-19, midlife women, pandemic, social quality, social cohesion, trust, The purpose of this article is to explore how COVID-19 countermeasures and associated restrictions on 'social life' have altered the nature of trust-in governments, the media, 'experts,' and the wider [...]

The market for the best French art deco furniture has long been assured. Since the famous sale at Hotel Drouot in Paris of the collection of Jacques Doucet--a fashion designer [...]

The twin brush arts of calligraphy and painting first developed in China during the long Period of Disunion, after the fall of the Han empire in 220. Improvements in the [...]

Between 1550 and 1700, collecting became an essential activity for monarchs, merchants and scholars throughout Europe. The world was opening up at unprecedented speed: rediscovery of the ancient world and [...]

It was in 1942 that the loose group of British artists we now call the Neo Romantics was first identified. In the New Statesman of March that year, the critic [...]

At the opening of 'The Language of Beauty in African Art' at the Art Institute of Chicago last November, its co-curator Constantine Petridis said that the exhibition (which had travelled [...]

This paper explores our lived experiences as undergraduate social work students in our practicum placements during the first year of COVID-19, including our reactions to seeing COVID-19 unfold in our agencies, the impacts on clients, how we developed social work skills given all of the restrictions, and how we managed our own physical and mental health. We struggled with getting sick—and so did family, clients, and co-workers, some of whom did not live. We highlight the importance of support networks, supportive supervision, and self-care. We utilize the concept of shared trauma to illustrate how, despite the collective nature of the pandemic, each of us brings a unique perspective, especially given the wide range of practicum placements. Finally, we include reflections on systemic vulnerabilities that COVID-19 revealed and frustrations with engaging and supporting client needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]