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Health, Sports & Psychology
Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies
Dr Sara MacKian asks what it means to be a conscious human in (and sometimes outside!) a body…
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History & The Arts
Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...
Dr Sara MacKian explores the hidden history of Spiritualism in the heart of England.
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History & The Arts
Nos Galan Gaeaf: y dathliad Cymreig traddodiadol sy’n cael ei fwrw i’r cysgod gan ddathliadau Halloween modern
O goelcerthi i ddowcio am afalau, archwiliwch sut y mae’r Cymry wedi dathlu Nos Galan Gaeaf drwy’r cenedlaethau, a’r modd y mae wedi’i gysylltu â Halloween.
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History & The Arts
Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween
From bonfires to bobbing apples, explore how Welsh people have celebrated Nos Galan Gaeaf through the centuries and how it is linked to Halloween.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Lauren O’Hagan explores the music of Phil Lynott and how his lyrics helped him make sense of his dual identity as Black and Irish.
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History & The Arts
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
In this free course, you will explore the concept of musical pitch by working with examples of folk, popular, and classical music from several world traditions. You will learn how pitch is represented using staff notation and other forms of illustration. You will also practise reading and writing pitch using staff notation, and learn to perform ...
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History & The Arts
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
In this free course you will learn about the global anti-nuclear movement that has worked for decades to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, with the ultimate aim of abolishing them altogether. You will see how opposition to nuclear weapons has been an important cause on every continent. Beginning in 1945, this course will equip you with ...
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Education & Development
Approaching language, literature and childhood
This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L301 Language, literature and childhood.
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History & The Arts
Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world
Over the last few decades, the discipline of Art History has been transformed in a variety of ways, drawing on broader intellectual debates, including gender, racial and social equality. But what might the future bring? Dr Samuel Shaw from The Open University speaks to experts from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and looks at ...
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History & The Arts
Quiz: Which Brontë sister wrote it?
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë had very different writing styles but can you tell their writing apart from the other?
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Etifeddiaeth melin draed carchardai oes Fictoria
Mae'r Athro Rosalind Crone yn archwilio hanes tywyll y felin draed gosbol ac yn gofyn pa wersi y gallwn eu dysgu ar gyfer carchardai heddiw.
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History & The Arts
The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill
Professor Rosalind Crone examines the dark history of the penal treadmill and asks what lessons we can learn for prisons today.