The Role Of Solitude And Interaction In The Pursuit Of Self-knowledge PROMPT:The most elusive knowledge is self-knowledge, and it is usually acquired through solitude, rather than through interaction with others. What's your opinion? Self-knowing is a life-long learning process. One can always learn something about himself or herself from different phases through his or her [...]

Is Choice An Illusion People live in a society where the judicial system, cultural code, and all kinds of regulations dictate how we live. As a member of society, people are expected to obey all regulations and sometimes they have to do something against their will or nature. Some people therefore feel controlled by society [...]

For Cheap Hotel Deals Worlwide Barcelona Barcelona was the capital of autonomous Catalonia and its parliament was known as the Generalitat. This independence was taken away by the Spanish central government in October 1934. The vast majority of people in Barcelona supported the Popular Front in the 1936 Elections and were rewarded by the new [...]

William Ball was born in Reading in 1915. His father, Henry Ball, ran a chemist shop in Oxford Road. Ball went to Reading School where they became friends with John Boulting and Josh Francis. According to the authors of We Cannot Park on Both Sides (2000): "Bill Ball, John Boulting and Josh Francis had been [...]

Celia Baker, the daughter of a furrier, was born in Hackney in 1916. Her father was chairman of the local Labour Party. Baker was educated at Buxton Street School in Whitechapel and despite being a very intelligent student she was forced to leave school at the age of fourteen. Her first job was as an [...]