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History & The Arts
The Rise of Museums
Dr John Senior examines the factors that led to the rise of museums.
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History & The Arts
So you've written your novel, what now?
Literary agent Joanna Swainson shares her top five tips for hooking an agent.
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History & The Arts
The Great Fall: Berlin’s ‘Freedom’ concert
How did the Berlin 'Freedom' concert come about after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, and what significance has music played in Germany's past?
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History & The Arts
Tubman: The Moses of Her People
Harriet Tubman led 300 slaves northwards to freedom in 19 trips along the "underground railroad". Dr Will Hardy introduces her story.
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History & The Arts
Outside the book: two styles of love
This video conveys how love expressed in Petrarchan and Libertine poetry says a lot about renaissance patriarchy.
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History & The Arts
A short history of the early days of artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence seems very much of our time - but as Jessica Riskin explains, history records many attempts to create machines that think.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
I-Spy: Episode 1
Episode one of the five-part online infidelity drama I-SPY: Rihanna installs spyware on the laptop she presents as a birthday present to her partner Oliver...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships
Is it ever okay for someone in a relationship to flirt with other people or look for sexual excitement online? Explore internet infidelity in our gripping 5-part video drama.
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History & The Arts
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
This free course concentrates on Sam Selvon's twentieth-century novel, The Lonely Londoners. It considers the depiction of migration in the text as well as Selvon's treatment of memory as a vital part of the migrant's experience.
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History & The Arts
An introduction to music theory
Gain an understanding of the basic building blocks of musical theory and notation. This free course, An introduction to music theory, will introduce you to music staves, clefs, rhythmic and pitch values, rhythmic metre and time signatures. This OpenLearn course provides an introduction to music theory pitched at a level equivalent to Grades 1–3 ...
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History & The Arts
War Memorials
Learn the secrets of the past, revealed by clues on the high streets of today
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History & The Arts
Classical studies: it's more than the words
When thinking about ancient literature and historiography, we need to consider more than just the words written, but the aims of the author, role of the translator, political and cultural issues of the time of writing as well as the period in history.