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History & The Arts
Introduction to music theory 1: form
In this free course, you will learn how to identify musical form through close engagement with recorded of music, and studying examples of folk, popular, and classical music from several world traditions. You will explore a number of methods of representing form, including alphabetical designations (e.g., AABA), genre-specific terminology (e.g.,...
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History & The Arts
‘There Were Four of Us’
How Ken Russell’s Gothic reinstates the missing woman at the Villa Diodati.
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History & The Arts
Horror and politics
How Ken Russell’s Gothic foregoes radical politics in favour of sex and necromancy.
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History & The Arts
20 things you might not know about Belfast
Belfast is a fascinating place. Here are some facts about the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland...
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History & The Arts
The Belfast linen industry
A trip to the tailors reveals the true fabric of Belfast history.
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History & The Arts
How I wrote Frankenstein
In this extract from the preface to the third edition of Frankenstein, published in 1831, Mary Shelley explains how she came to write her most famous novel.
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OpenLearn Ireland
Murals in Belfast
Murals capture snapshots of key moments of Belfast's political history that are key to understanding the various communities present in the city.
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History & The Arts
Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?
Did the social media hype around the theatrical release of ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ save the box office during a difficult time for the film industry?
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History & The Arts
MK gallery
Step behind the scenes and into the vibrant world of MK Gallery with this collection of interviews with some of its staff members. Hear about their career journeys, and find out what the Gallery does to reach a wider range of people and to engage with different communities.
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History & The Arts
Perseus: what’s in a name?
As the Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its annual peak, Dr Joanna Paul, a Lecturer in Classical Studies, lifts the lid on the details behind its namesake, Perseus, a mythological character whose story has been told time and time again.
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Languages
Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
Quite a lot, as it turns out. Severine Hubscher-Davidson explores why texts need to change with the times - and why some things are better left untouched.
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History & The Arts
Is the blue plaque scheme still relevant?
A hundred and sixty years ago this month, the MP William Ewart stood up in the House of Commons to ask whether ‘it may be practicable to have inscribed on those houses in London which have been in habited by celebrated persons, the names of such persons’.