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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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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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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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OU on the BBC: Silverville - Episode 2BBC

By The Silverville team (The Open University)

17 July 2009

A proposal and a new resident show how relationships change for residents of the retirement village.  Read more : OU on the BBC: Silverville - Episode 2

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The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park Featuring: video, MattCrypto via Wikimedia

By Click on BBC World Service (The Open University)

26 May 2009

An unassuming building in what is now Milton Keynes played a pivotal role in the Second World War - and the development of computing.  Read more : The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park

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Colossus Featuring: audio, Bill Thompson

By Click on BBC World Service (The Open University)

26 May 2009

At the heart of the code-breaking effort during WWII was an incredible piece of engineering - Colossus - the world's first programmable computing device.  Read more : Colossus

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Debate: Seeking a soldierJupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 February 2009

Forum member John777 was seeking the original recipient of a piece of silverware  Read more : Debate: Seeking a soldier

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Listen to: The Bengal Famine Featuring: audio, Lock, stock and two smoking barrels!! under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Michael Portillo (Guest), Nazes Afroz (Guest), Professor Christopher Bayly (Guest), Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharya (Guest), Gideon Polya (Guest), Professor Amartya Sen (Guest)

14 January 2008

A massive humanitarian tragedy - but one which barely gets remembered just sixty years on. Listen to The Things We Forgot To Remember on the Bengal...  Read more : Listen to: The Bengal Famine

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The legacy of Empire: The Bengal FamineCreative Commons Image xeeliz under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Dr Chris A. Williams (The Open University)

07 January 2008

Does the Bengal Famine shape the way Indians view the British?  Read more : The legacy of Empire: The Bengal Famine

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What if...: Changing the course of historyCreative Commons Image cheesy42 under CC-BY licence

By Dr Chris A. Williams (The Open University)

21 December 2007

 A spell of pondering what might have been lead to The Things We Forgot To Remember  Read more : What if...: Changing the course of history

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