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Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
Discover how ancient stories still give us new ways of thinking about the modern world’s biggest questions. Meet characters from ancient myth like Actaeon the hunter and find out why Ovid’s work is still so relevant today.
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Past-Time Lover
Which iconic figure would you select for a Valentine's Day date?
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How to write to a lover
Have you ever thought of writing a poem to a lover? Or a love letter? Like using online dating apps, writing for a lover can be fun. Dr Lania Knight shares her experiences.
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Religion as Virus - Richard Dawkins
Athiest and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins said religion and science can't sit side by side. This animation explains more...
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Religion as Ritual - Auguste Comte
French philosopher, Comte, thought religion was such a huge ritual that removing it may be chaos. This animation explains more.
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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
Rosemary Golding explores Valentine’s Day traditions at the Crichton Royal Institution in the nineteenth century and how these resemble the modern-day celebrations.
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Dating apps: is swiping right a thing of the past?
Thirty years since the emergence of online dating, and with mixtapes, dial-up internet and Walkman’s a distant memory, are dating apps now also a thing of the past?
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Fakespeare: Rewriting the bard
Rewrite Shakespeare’s best bits for the 21st Century and reveal your inner wordsmith.
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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
As Burns Night approaches, this article looks at the stardom status of Robert Burns and why he was and is so revered.
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Hadrian: The Roamin' Emperor
Can you piece together strands of historical evidence to work out what motivated the Roman Emperor, Hadrian, to travel so extensively?
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Tarddiad Celtaidd yr iaith Gymraeg
Mae stori’r Gymraeg yn rhan o bos ieithyddol - un sy’n dechrau filoedd o flynyddoedd yn ôl gydag un iaith gyndadol.