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Charles Dickens: Celebrity Author Featuring Audio Copyrighted ImageUsed with permission

By The iTunes U team (The Open University)

03 February 2012

Charles Dickens was not only the most famous writer of his day, but, during the second half of his career, also a prominent public figure known through his readings and speeches.  Read more :Charles Dickens: Celebrity Author

'Write' life for the New YearCreative Commons Image By ZenAngie via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

03 January 2012

If one of your New Year resolutions was to write that elusive novel, get a helping hand with these useful links below  Read more : 'Write' life for the New Year

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National Poetry Day Creative Commons Image By spo0nman via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

06 October 2011

Get your quills at the ready and your thesaurus on standby for this collection of articles exploring the magical world of poetry on National Poetry...  Read more : National Poetry Day

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Discover English in the LearningSpaceCreative Commons Image incurable_hippie under CC-BY-NC licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

25 July 2011

Want to get to know our mother tongue like one of your own family? Spend some time in the LearningSpace...  Read more : Discover English in the LearningSpace

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English: Language of opportunity Featuring Video Copyrighted ImageUsed with permission

By The iTunes U team (The Open University)

20 July 2011

Do people that speak English receive better opportunities in life than those who don’t? How essential is fluency in English when pursuing an occupation in the current climate?  Read more :English: Language of opportunity

Postcolonial English Featuring Video Copyrighted ImageUsed with permission

By The iTunes U team (The Open University)

30 June 2011

The dominance of the English language around the world dates back to the era of British colonialism.  Read more :Postcolonial English

The History of English in Ten Minutes Featuring Video Copyrighted ImageUsed with permission

By The iTunes U team (The Open University)

22 June 2011

Where did the phrase ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ come from? And when did scientists finally get round to naming sexual body parts?  Read more :The History of English in Ten Minutes

Iain Banks talks writing, world events and Mastermind  Featuring Video The Open University

By Derek Neale (The Open University), Iain Banks (Guest)

27 January 2011

Author Iain Banks talks to the OU's Derek Neale about the digitisation of books, his writing process, the impact of world events on his work...  Read more : Iain Banks talks writing, world events and Mastermind

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Darwin Now pod 6: Language diversity Featuring Audio Jupiter Images

By Rissa De La Paz (The Open University), Dr Quentin Atkinson (Guest), Professor Mark Pagel (Guest)

10 November 2009

Do languages evolve in the same way as species do in nature? If so, how can evolutionary biologists shed light on the study of language...  Read more : Darwin Now pod 6: Language diversity

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Words & language: Points for debateCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

30 September 2009

Inspired by Word4Word, our forum members joined the debate about how we communicate, and what our language tells us.  Read more : Words & language: Points for debate

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