Defining the Boundaries of London: Perambulation and the City in the Long Eighteenth Century

This paper explores how London was defined by the new interest in walking in the long eighteenth century. As Michel de Certeau famously wrote central to understanding the ‘practices of everyday life’ which create the urban milieu was the act of walking. However, such a notion can traced back beyond the modern flâneur to the eighteenth-century when perambulation was also seen as an important mode in the comprehension and experience of the city. This paper focuses on the periphery of the capital to consider how the outer London landscapes were understood by contemporaries through the act of strolling in their green spaces. It draws on a large body of urban literature and visual evidence, in the form of topographical prints, is also used to establish the significance of this new leisure activity in contributing to the character and culture of the outskirts and its architecture as a distinct metropolitan zone spatially and metaphorically. This was a landscape created by movement and its accessibility from the centre, by a variety of means of transport, among which pedestrianism was of crucial importance

Virtual learning environments in action

In this workshop Paul and Patricia demonstrated the webcast lectures developed at Glasgow Graduate School of Law as part of a learning environment where students can take control of their own learning experience. They outlined the practical benefits of such a learning environment for both professional and undergraduate legal education, and discussed the theoretical implications of this approach for the pedagogy of legal education

Barriers Encountered by Young People From Black and Minority Ethnic Communities Accessing Psychological Services: Clinical Psychologists’ Perspectives

This research explores clinical psychologist’s perspectives on barriers to accessing psychological services for young people from Black, Minority and Ethnic (BME) communities. This study follows an analysis of the current and historical contexts of clinical psychology and its relationship with ‘race’ thinking. Particular attention is paid to the theory and practice of clinical psychology and its application across different ethnic contexts, as well as the legislative backdrop as it relates to children and young people. These aspects are considered to be implicated in disparities in access to psychology services for BME young people and families. Eight clinical psychologists were interviewed, and the resulting transcripts analysed using thematic analysis from a critical realist epistemology. Three main themes were identified. Theme One concerns the profession’s predominant Whiteness and how this interacts with the task of improving access for BME young people and families. Theme Two considers the individual and systemic enablers and disablers to greater equality and how these are navigated by participants. Theme Three considers clinical psychologist’s perspectives on ethnic inequities in respect to how systems of language and service structure might create and ameliorate barriers to access. Implications for clinical psychology practice and further research are considered. The findings indicate more should be done on individual and structural levels to facilitate clinical psychologists improving access for BME young people and families

Particle interference as a test of Lorentz-violating electrodynamics

In Lorentz-violating electrodynamics a steady current (and similarly a static charge) generates both static magnetic and electric fields. These induced fields, acting on interfering particles, change the interference pattern. We find that particle interference experiments are sensitive to small Lorentz violating effects, and thus they can be used to improve current bounds on some Lorentz-violating parameters.Comment: 5 page

Reach and rich : the new economics of information and the provision of on-line legal services in the UK

The paper considers a number of issues including the use of the Web as an opportunity for smaller firms to break free from the traditional indicators of reputation and expertise such as the size and opulence of offices. It also reflects on the use of client-specific Extranets in addition to publicly available Internet sites. The paper concludes that although the Web provides reach, offering richness and the sense of community required for creating and sustaining relationships with potential clients can be difficult. Some suggestions are made for enhancing 'Richness' in Web sites

Charmed scalar resonances -- Conventional and four-quark mesons

We propose that there coexist two scalar mesons of different structures (a conventional meson and a four-quark meson) in the recently observed broad bumps just below the large peak of the tensor meson in the D-pi mass distribution. We base this proposal on the interpretation of the charm-strange scalar meson of mass 2317 MeV as a four-quark meson. The strange counterparts of these scalar mesons are also studied.Comment: 4 pages, 0 figures, Revte