Mummy's recipe for disaster

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There is a very complicated relationship between mothers and daughters with regard to food, according to author Debra Waterhouse. Many mothers have tried to lose weight, sometimes by extreme methods, and this behaviour is often mirrored by their teenage daughters. Dieting seems to have become the key factor in the bond between mother and daughter, and this can lead to very negative lifestyles. Waterhouse feels that dieting can actually make fat cells larger, and that women should simply accept themselves for what they already are.

Psychological aspects, Reducing diets, Interview, Mothers and daughters, Mother-daughter relations, Women writers, Women authors, Waterhouse, Debra

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Pleasure boat disaster on River Thames was 'a predictable event that was utterly preventable.' (inquest into death of 51 people in sinking of pleasure boat 'Marchioness')

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A second inquest into the death of 51 people in Aug 1989 following the colllision of the pleasure boat 'Marchioness' with a Thames sand dredger has found that the disaster was a 'predictable event that was totally preventable.' The boat's captain and skipper both had only very limited views of the river, contravening regulations, and reports as to exactly what happened remain confused. Families of those who died continue to express concern about the lack of information and support they have received.

Safety and security measures, Cruise ships

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The British way of death

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The UK no longer follows the rituals relating to death which were common in the Victorian era. This has resulted in a society which is unsure about how to commemorate its dead. Society seems to be increasingly fascinated by death, and is developing new rituals relating to death which seem more appropriate to the secular age. It has become common, for example, for people to leave flowers at the scene of a fatal accident, and in many cases books of condolence are opened after death.

Social aspects, Column, Death

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