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Order your free Empire posterCopyrighted Image The Open University

20 February 2012

Follow the link to get your free map wallchart showing the British Empire and how it attempted to adapt to a changing world.  Read more : Order your free Empire poster

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2012Creative Commons Image Daniel.Stark under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

27 January 2012

 January 27th is Holocaust Memorial Day.  Read more : Holocaust Memorial Day 2012

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RSVP Empire Featuring: activity, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University), Dr John Kirkaldy (The Open University)

25 August 2011

Take a walk down our RSVP Empire highstreet and you'll find all sorts of goods that originated from the British Empire. Tick items off your...  Read more : RSVP Empire

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World War 100: 1 July - The Agadir Crisis of 1911Creative Commons Image By Leonrw via Flickr under Creative Commons license.

By Annika Mombauer (The Open University)

30 June 2011

Everyone talks about the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand as the catalyst for the First World War. We kick off World War 100,...  Read more : World War 100: 1 July - The Agadir Crisis of 1911

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Investing in the Company of Strangers and their abilityNo Copyright Image US government

By Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

14 February 2011

Humans aren't designed to cope with strangers or the unexpected. Does the CIA have a lesson for business in how they might be able to...  Read more : Investing in the Company of Strangers and their ability

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Armistice DayLuckynick | Dreamstime.com

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

11 November 2010

The armistice which marked the end of World War I took effect at 11am on 11th November 1918. We have put together a collection of...  Read more : Armistice Day

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The Clydebank BlitzBBC

By Dr Gerry Mooney (The Open University)

20 July 2010

What was it that made Clydebank such a tempting target for the Luftwaffe?  Read more : The Clydebank Blitz

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What are the Benin Bronzes?Creative Commons Image Carla_R1 under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

25 November 2009

In the late 1800s, the Benin Empire in Africa was a hotbed of artistic skill and the British wanted a piece of it - as...  Read more : What are the Benin Bronzes?

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History: Points for debateJupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

02 November 2009

Some of the history-related debates amongst visitors to Open2  Read more : History: Points for debate

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Shostakovich: Why is he famous? Featuring: video, Kamoda under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

27 October 2009

As World War II swept through Europe, a young Russian composer set out to win the fight with his piano. But is it possible that...  Read more : Shostakovich: Why is he famous?

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