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Society, Politics & Law

Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View

Professor Mary Davis explores the life and achievements of Sylvia Pankhurst.

Article

10 mins

History & The Arts

Explore our English literature free courses

Read a great novel and want to explore it further? Check out our free courses on the wonderful world of English literature.

Article

10 mins

Science, Maths & Technology

Could Brexit allow the UK to drop the ban on cloning?

Human cloning is currently banned under EU law. Brexit should allow the UK to dump this rule, believes Hugh McLachlan.

Article

5 mins

Languages

Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class

The characters in the world's longest running soap opera tell you who they are whenever they talk. Pour yourself a glass of Tumble Tussock and Rob Drummond will explain.

Audio

5 mins

History & The Arts

Life on the wall: Vindolanda

Excavation of a fort on Hadrian's Wall is revealing stories of everyday life on the edge of the Roman Empire, explains Robin Birley.

Article

10 mins

History & The Arts

Week 1 Civilisations: The debate

Dr Kathleen Christian, Senior Lecturer in Art History and academic consultant on Civilisations, responds to the first episode and starts up our discussion hub...

Activity

5 mins

History & The Arts

You can prepare for this free course, Making sense of art history, by looking around you. It's likely that wherever you are you'll be able to see some images. It's also likely that many of these will be intended to have some sort of effect on you. In the course itself you will be exploring the power of images via a study of contemporary art ...

Free course

5 hrs