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History & The Arts
Selling Empire: Exhibitions
Trace how Empire changed from being a bit-player in the 1851 Great Exhibition, to the main focus of the 1924-5 Wembley Empire Exhibition.
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History & The Arts
The First World War continues: Britain’s dash for Mosul, Iraq, November 1918
After the armistice of 1918, why did the British occupy Mosul, Iraq? Dr John Slight looks at the continued hostilities in the Middle East after the guns fell silent on the Western Front.
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History & The Arts
World Religion Day
As part of World Religion Day's aim to promote understanding of different faiths, we have compiled a great range of resources on religions and themes.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Blue chat for a blue day: collecting some thoughts on the marketing wheeze that is Blue Monday.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
3-4 January 2023 will see the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower. What’s the connection between meteors, iron and Egyptian beads? Dr Diane Johnson, a Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Faculty of Science, explains more about ‘iron from the sky’.
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History & The Arts
The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
2017 marked the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death and to commemorate this she is now featured on the £10 note. Find out whether the note truly represent's Austen's life and work...
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History & The Arts
The Byzantine icon
This course is a short journey into the rich world of Byzantine artistic production via its most illustrious representative – the icon.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma
How has the treatment and attitudes towards HIV changed? Peter Keogh explores...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Veganism interactive
Veganism has been big news in recent years, and that trend looks set to continue. Explore the rise of veganism in this interactive, you will learn about how veganism relates to speciesism, the historical background to the vegan movement, and more.
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History & The Arts
Armistice Day
The armistice which marked the end of the First World War took effect at 11am on 11th November 1918. Here's a collection of resources for Armistice Day, to commemorate and remember these events.
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History & The Arts
Religion and Violence
What is religious violence? How much violence is about religion - and is religious violence inevitable? Prof. John Wolffe explores these questions here.
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History & The Arts
Happy halloween!
Delve into our spook-tacular articles, FREE courses and podcasts all related to Halloween and all things scary. Pretty ghoul, huh?