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Review: The Idea Of JusticeCreative Commons Image OECD under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

25 July 2011

The urgency for philosophers to abandon their castles in the air is caught in Amartya Sen's The Idea Of Justice, says Charles Barclay Roger. Read more : Review: The Idea Of Justice

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Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working ClassCreative Commons Image StarOpal under CC-BY licence

By John Booth (Guest)

29 June 2011

John Booth reviews Owen Jones' Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class and asks how the image of the bulldog breed turned into a narrative... Read more : Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

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OU on the BBC: In Their Own WordsEvelyn Waugh being interviewed [BBC]

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

09 March 2011

BBC Four opens the archive as authors discuss their works - in their own words. Read more : OU on the BBC: In Their Own Words

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Cinema history: Books and weblinksBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

01 April 2010

Further reading on the history of film - and how it reflects society Read more : Cinema history: Books and weblinks

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Secrets of publishing Featuring: video, Production team

By Libby Potter (Guest), The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

12 February 2009

Libby Potter speaks to Larry Finlay, Managing Director of Transworld, about the secrets of publishing Read more : Secrets of publishing

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The Techie’s Holy Grail: Can we really “E” a book?BBC

By Dr Gabriel Reedy (The Open University)

12 February 2009

Do e-books have a future, or do we prefer the paper version? Read more : The Techie’s Holy Grail: Can we really “E” a book?

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Media Revolution trailers Featuring: video, Production team

By Janet Street-Porter (Guest), Libby Potter (Guest)

12 February 2009

Watch the Media Revolution programme trailers Read more : Media Revolution trailers

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Not so much 'Thank-you for the Music' as 'Money, Money, Money'Creative Commons Image Ikhlasul Amal under CC-BY-NC licence

By Mike Richards (The Open University)

24 December 2008

Can consumers be expected to obey copyright law if they work in favour of the individual copyright holder? Mike Richards looks at the complexities of... Read more : Not so much 'Thank-you for the Music' as 'Money, Money, Money'

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More Than TalesBBC

By Owen Gunnell (The Open University)

01 March 2006

The society Chaucer wrote about is changed beyond recognition, yet ordinary English men and women emerge with greater vitality in his brilliant narratives than in... Read more : More Than Tales

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Printing RevolutionUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Before the printing revolution, books had to be written by hand, making them very expensive. Afterwards books became consumer products. Read more : Printing Revolution

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Pages tagged as Books

Review: The Idea Of JusticeCreative Commons Image OECD under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working ClassCreative Commons Image StarOpal under CC-BY licence

OU on the BBC: In Their Own WordsEvelyn Waugh being interviewed [BBC]

Cinema history: Books and weblinksBBC

Secrets of publishing Featuring: video, Production team

The Techie’s Holy Grail: Can we really “E” a book?BBC

Media Revolution trailers Featuring: video, Production team

Not so much 'Thank-you for the Music' as 'Money, Money, Money'Creative Commons Image Ikhlasul Amal under CC-BY-NC licence

More Than TalesBBC

Printing RevolutionUsed with permission