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History & The Arts
How do historians know about the past?
How do historians know about the past? What are primary and secondary sources? Find out with our short animations.
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History & The Arts
The Iliad: List of characters
Confused about who's who in Homer's The Iliad? Dr Emma Bridges has put together a handy cast list and mini biography of the characters...
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History & The Arts
What is emotive language and why is it used?
Nigel Warburton helps us grapple with the nuts and bolts of thinking clearly, with the aim of presenting good, clear, logical arguments - in order to achieve your desired effects.
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History & The Arts
Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution
Dr Peter Lewis takes a look at the impact that the industrial revolution had on bridge building.
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History & The Arts
The Industrial Revolution and Time
Alun C Davies explains how developments in timekeeping and the way people viewed time played an important part in making the industrial revolution possible.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome
The ‘Hippocratic’ four humours, Roman hygiene, the first hospitals and home remedies.This article explores ancient medicine describes practices in Greek and Roman medicine.
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Fossil evidence for evolution
Although Darwin was originally disappointed by the evidence provided by the fossil record, subsequent work has more than borne out his theories, explains Peter Skelton.
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History & The Arts
Global English
David Graddol explores how a language from an island on the corner of the continent went global
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History & The Arts
Lighting the Industrial Revolution
Dr Peter Lewis sheds light on some illuminating aspects of the industrial revolution - new developments in lighting that made mines safer and enabled Victorian factories to work round the clock.
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History & The Arts
The City: The Roman and Greek Cities
The concept of the city was central to both the Roman and the Greek sense of identity.
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Genealogy: Your Family Tree
How do you trace your family tree? Here's some advice to get you started.
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History & The Arts
Why Do Historians Disagree?
Hindsight is, supposedly, perfect - and yet history is a deeply controversial subject. John Shaw examines why historians are prone to disagreements about the past