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Not Just a Pretty Face

Hannah Dawson | Posted 24.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Howthelightgetsin, HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Chess, Body Confidence, Body Image, UK Culture, UK Media, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Hannah Dawson

It is painful enough for a woman to know how to think about her body. Here's culture, screaming at us on the one hand to be sexy, and on the other not to be sluts. And here's nature, permeating social interaction with both desire and revulsion.

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Kids Re-Invent Chess With Skylanders Technology

Andy Robertson | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Video, Tech, Skylanders, Chess, UK-Tech-2013, Video Games, Board Games, UK Tech News
Andy Robertson

Most recent of these is the invention of various games using Skylanders Giants figures. Much has been made of how they lend themselves to real-world play, but you actually need to apply some thinking to make that work.

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Checkmate: Hirst And Emin Create Arty Chess Sets

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | Posted 05.09.2012 | Home
Read More: UK Art, Art of Chess, Tracey Emin, Chess, Damien Hirst, Chapman Brothers, Artistic Chess Sets, Home News

Alice In Wonderland, The Wasteland and Harry Potter - all of these literary giants have featured the ancient game of chess. And while it has also ...

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Alan Turing Plays Kasparov At Chess From 'Beyond The Grave'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.08.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Chess, UK News, Computing, UK Games, Alan Turing, UK Computing, Garry Kasparov, Video, UK Tech News

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing has been marked all over the world - but at the University of Manchester over the weekend the celebr...

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Review: Bobby Fischer Against The World

www.guardian.co.uk | Posted 14.09.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Ukfilm, Chess Documentary, Bobby Fischer, Ukdocumentary, Chess, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer Against the World, UK Entertainment News

Liz Garbus's gripping documentary about the life and times of the troubled American chess genius Bobby Fischer asks a number of questions. Did Bobby's...

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