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What Are Select Committees For?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The modern select committee system in the UK House of Commons was introduced in 1979 to deepen opportunities for backbench MPs to hold government to account and strengthen Parliament vis‐à‐vis the executive. However, select committees play a much bigger role in parliamentary life.
Marc Geddes
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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front
History, EarlyView.Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
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Beyond the Boundary: Deconstructing Gendered Narratives in Indian Women’s Cricket Discourse
International Journal of Critical Diversity StudiesThe connection between India and cricket is deeply ingrained in the country’s social fabric, representing a shared passion that transcends geographical, linguistic, and cultural diversities.
R. Abish Jebeshy, A. Selvam
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Electronic monitoring of scoliosis brace wear compliance
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2010 Purpose Accurate evaluation of patient compliance with scoliosis brace usage has been a challenge for physicians treating patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Tariq Rahman +7 more
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Relationship between cricket participation, health and well-being: scoping review protocol
BMJ Open, 2019 Introduction Cricket is a popular sport played by 2.5 billion people of all ages and abilities. However, cricket participation is decreasing in the UK, despite an increased focus of governments on increasing sport participation to enhance public health ...
Nigel K Arden +3 more
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History, EarlyView.Abstract Examining sport alongside race, media and imperial power opens a rich field for understanding how macro‐level ideologies are shaped and circulated through everyday cultural forms. In twentieth‐century Britain, mass media framed and distributed narratives that rendered the empire's political realities intelligible to a broad public.
SOUVIK NAHA
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A Very Social History: South American Cricketing Tourists in Britain in 1932
History, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on both the rich Anglophone cricket historiography and the new Latin American sports scholarship, this article maps out the entangled global networks that shaped the tour of Britain made in 1932 by a team of South American cricketers.
Matthew Brown
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
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Sri Lanka cricket: a narrative review of tourism potential, regional development, and social impacts
Frontiers in Sustainable TourismCricket tourism represents an emerging niche within global sport tourism, particularly in South Asia, where the game embodies culture, identity, and national symbolism.
W.H.M.S. Samarathunga +3 more
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Women's cricket game, England v Australia in Sydney, 1934-35 [picture]
, 1934 Title devised by cataloguer.; Condition: Good.; Inscription:"+5 Womens Cricket Monaghan (NSW) goes down the wicket to drive one from Partridge (Eng)"--In pencil on reverse.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au ...
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