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NOVEMBER 2023 GLENFIELD GAZETTE
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Answers on page 25
Across
3. Large predatory semiaquatic reptile
with long jaws (9)
8. Archaic form of the word ‘you’ (4)
9. Brightly coloured handkerchief
often worn about the neck (8)
10. Hindu divinity worshipped as the
preserver of worlds (6)
13. Wild dog of Australia (5)
14. Daphne du Maurier novel (7)
16. Former capital of Burma (7)
17. One dozen dozen (5)
21. Small recess opening off a larger room (6)
22. Drink made of wine mixed
with sparkling water (8)
23. Fruit also called the Chinese gooseberry (4)
24. Heavenly being of the highest rank (9)
Down
1. Dock worker (9)
2. Any letter not a vowel (9)
4. Picture puzzle (5)
5. Evergreen tree or shrub (7)
6. Brewery cart (4)
7. Period of 40 weekdays from
Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (4)
11. Citadel in ancient Greek towns (9)
12. Television, newspapers, radio, etc (4,5)
15. Line at which the sky and Earth
appear to meet (7)
18. Canal boat (5)
19. Goading instrument on a horse rider’s heel (4)
20. White substance beneath the peel of fruit (4)
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A new kind of
Remembrance poppy
FOR THE FIRST time in 28 years, there is
a new kind of poppy for Remembrance
Sunday this year: it is plastic free.
Director of the Poppy Appeal, Andy Taylor-Whyte
explains: “We are very proud to introduce the plasticfree
poppy. It will not only enable people to support
our Armed Forces community but also continues the
RBL’s commitment to
sustainability.”
The new poppy has
been three years
in the development
and making. The
aim was to reduce
the use of singleuse
plastic and to
“be economical,
sustainable, and
less impactful to the
environment.”
The new poppy
design has a 40%
smaller carbon
footprint, and it
made from “bespoke
red and green
paper.” The paper
comes from a blend of renewable fibres, 50 per cent
of which has been recovered from the waste used in
the production of coffee cups.
The plastic-free poppy will be available alongside
remaining stocks of the current poppy, to reduce
any waste of poppies already produced. Poppies
containing single-use plastic can be returned to
Sainsbury’s stores for recycling.
Why keeping a stiff
upper lip may not be
such a bad idea after all
WHAT DO YOU do with your negative
feelings and experiences?
Burying them and ‘carrying on’ has long gone out of
fashion. Nowadays we are encouraged to express our
fears and traumas, get them into the open, and not
let them ‘fester’ in our subconscious.
But now researchers at the University of Cambridge
have found evidence that talking about our traumas
and problems might not be doing all that much good.
It might be better to simply move on with our lives.
As one doctor said: “We’re all familiar with the
Freudian idea that if we suppress our feelings
or thoughts, then these thoughts remain in our
unconscious, influencing our behaviour and well-being
perniciously. The whole point of psychotherapy is to
dredge up these thoughts so one can deal with them
and rob them of their power.”
But according to the findings, it seems that
suppressing negative thoughts might actually improve
our mental health, among those of us who have posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD).
As one psychologist explained: “What we found
runs counter to the accepted narrative. This study
challenges a widely accepted consensus in the
therapeutic community that suppressing negative
thoughts is harmful.”
It may be that the reality is more nuanced, and that
suppression of negative experiences “does not always
lead to negative outcomes.”
The study was published in Science Advances.
When I was 10, my father told me never to talk to strangers. We haven’t spoken since.