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World War 100: 29 September - Italo-Turkish War Copyrighted Image New York Times

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

28 September 2011

We continue World War 100, a reflective countdown to the start of the Great War by looking at a significant precursor of the First...  Read more : World War 100: 29 September - Italo-Turkish War

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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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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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Directions for the Dundee walkBBC

By The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

23 November 2009

Take a walk along the streets of Dundee - and into the past.  Read more : Directions for the Dundee walk

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Death and society Featuring: video, Jupiter Images

By Richard Wilson (Guest), Professor Glennys Howarth (Guest)

29 September 2009

Richard Wilson interviews Glennys Howarth about her research into how attitudes towards death changed in British Society during the course of the twentieth century  Read more : Death and society

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Making The Art Of Dying: An interview with Dan Cruickshank Featuring: video,audio, Production team

By Professor Dan Cruickshank (Guest), Dr Carol Komaromy (The Open University)

22 September 2009

Dr Carol Komaromy interviews Dan Cruickshank about his experiences making the BBC/OU programme The Art of Dying  Read more : Making The Art Of Dying: An interview with Dan Cruickshank

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World War One: A Timewatch podcast Featuring: audio, photos.com

By Dr Stuart Mitchell (The Open University), John Farren (Guest), Paul Reed (Guest), Dr Chris A. Williams (The Open University)

20 October 2008

Does the end make a good starting point for understanding the First World War?  Read more : World War One: A Timewatch podcast

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OU on the BBC: Timewatch - Last Day of World War OneBBC

By The Timewatch team (Guest)

20 October 2008

Michael Palin joins the Timewatch team to tell the story of the final day of the First World War - the war in which...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Timewatch - Last Day of World War One

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Death on the eve of Armistice Featuring: video,audio, BBC

By Michael Palin (Guest)

16 September 2008

Flu and a last gasp of fighting claimed lives even as the First World War was coming to a close. Michael Palin spoke to two...  Read more : Death on the eve of Armistice

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Programme 1: The Ghosts of BerlinBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

20 December 2007

The Open University is teaming up with BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed for an occasional series of special programmes. In the first - due for...  Read more : Programme 1: The Ghosts of Berlin

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