An Extra Slice of Jo Brand

In this candid interview Jo Brand, one of Britain’s most popular and successful comedians, discusses her comedy career. Brand shares experiences and critical reflections on a wide range of comedy, from her first stand-up gig in the 1980s through to presenting the Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice [2014-present]. She discusses the inspiration and motivation for her comic material, explains the highs and lows of working in television comedy and offers pragmatic advice for comedians wishing to pursue a career in comedy today

Advances in general surgical laparoscopy

Minimally invasive surgery has been with us for the past century. The lasl thirty years have seen an exponential growth in the development of laparoscopic techniques which allow major surgery to be performed through smaller incisions and less trauma leading to enhanced recovery and earlier discharge from hospitalpeer-reviewe

Agroforestry: Reconciling Production with Protection of the Environment

Leaflet summarising agro-forestry, and outlining the work needed to move agroforestry into the mainstream

Non-restrictive Relative Clauses, Ellipsis and Anaphora

Non-restrictive relative clauses (NRRCs) can modify constituents which undergo `pragmatic enrichment' when they appear in answers to questions. For example, in an interchange like: `A: What did Jo think? B: That you should say nothing, which is surprising.' What B says is surprising is that `Jo thinks ...' On the face of it, this might seem problematic for approaches to NRRCs which assume `syntactic integration' and to support an `orphan' analysis, where NRRCs are combined with purely conceptual representations. In this paper we examine a range of elliptical and anaphoric phenomena, and show that this conclusion is misplaced. In fact, the phenomena argue strongly in favour of a syntactically integrated analysis

Tell Me More: A Creative, Fresh Look at Helping Children and Youth Tell Their Story

Tell Me More. This interactive workshop is designed to both refresh and expand the counseling skills necessary for helping children and youth tell their story. Participants will discuss, explore, and engage in creative, therapeutic techniques that promote the following elements: implementing engaging storytelling, increasing client self-awareness; and fostering a client\u27s sense of being seen, heard, and understood. Stories matter, because they belong to a person