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OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Cruel optimism and obesityRachwal | Dreamstime.com

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

07 February 2012

The impossibility of the ‘Good Life’ and obesity are discussed on this week's Thinking Allowed. What do our academics say about this?   Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Cruel optimism and obesity

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Brave New World re-imagined Creative Commons Image By Abode of Chaos via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University)

24 January 2012

80 years since the publication of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World, Geoff Andrews wonders how it might be re-imagined today in the context...  Read more : Brave New World re-imagined

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HG Wells and the mystery of the vanishing utopian sociologistsNCMallory under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Professor Ruth Levitas (Guest)

29 June 2011

HG Wells was one of the first sociologists - but why has his style of utopian sociology disappeared from the modern subject?  Read more : HG Wells and the mystery of the vanishing utopian sociologists

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Is Utopia a pointless dream?BBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

04 September 2008

Not short of a bob or two, Ian Hislop must know what it’s like to live in a perfect world. Or does he? Ever...  Read more : Is Utopia a pointless dream?

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OU on the BBC: Ever Wondered...? - Perfect WorldsBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 August 2006

Have you ever wondered what a perfect world would be like?  Read more : OU on the BBC: Ever Wondered...? - Perfect Worlds

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The truth behind the torch Copyrighted Image London 2012

As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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