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History & The Arts
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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History & The Arts
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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History & The Arts
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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History & The Arts
Fakespeare: Rewriting the bard
Rewrite Shakespeare’s best bits for the 21st Century and reveal your inner wordsmith.
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History & The Arts
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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Languages
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.
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The Celtic origins of the Welsh language
The story of the Welsh language is part of a linguistic puzzle – one that begins thousands of years ago with a single ancestral tongue.
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How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK
What contribution can religious groups make to community relations and peacebuilding?
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Hip Hop and the Institution: Darren Abracadazra
Spoken word artist Darren Abracadazra performed at The Open University’s Hip Hop and the Institution conference. Here, he talks about his influences, poetry and ‘X Factor’...
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The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
It’s estimated that 25% of the Roma pre-war European population perished as a result of Nazi persecution. This article explores the anti-Roma prejudice that still goes on today, and what can be done to tackle it.
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National Novel Writing Month
You know how they say everyone's got a novel in them, just waiting to be written? Well, now's your chance!