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History & The Arts
Henry Tudor: a Welsh hero…?
Dr Richard Marsden from The Open University discussed on BBC Radio Wales about the installation of the statue of Henry VII at his birthplace of Pembroke, and what it means to his ambiguous reputation in Wales today.
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History & The Arts
What is a Sardinian dig telling us about female mobility of the Phoenicians?
DNA and archaology are coming together to reveal how multicultural a great Empire was.
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History & The Arts
A new union flag
How can the Union Jack be made more open, more participatory, more held in common?
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Society, Politics & Law
Mashing up the Union Jack
Can Gil Doron’s intriguing proposals to remix different heritages in a national flag aid processes of cultural syncretism?
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History & The Arts
Christmas at war: 1918 - At peace, but not at home
The war may have ended in November, but some men who had been captured were still facing a Christmas in the prison camps.
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History & The Arts
Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies
Jennifer J* Moos responds to Michael Greaney's thoughts on how the science of sleep is portrayed in modern literature.
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Education & Development
Interdisciplinarity: A collection
Bringing together the best of interdisciplinary resources from across OpenLearn – could an "Open" qualification be right for you?
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History & The Arts
Christmas at war: 1917 - Brotherhood and bombs don't mix
In a weary editorial, the Daily Mirror frets that humanity's capacity for creating destruction might have wiped out all sense of fraternity - unless this really is the war to end all wars
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History & The Arts
Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
Percival Philips scours France for good cheer - but it's hard to ignore the plight of those bombed out of their homes.
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History & The Arts
Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers
Small kindnesses for troops recovering from their injuries in Manchester - and a surfeit of pudding.
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History & The Arts
Thirty-seven winters of discontent
Since the original 1978/79 Winter Of Discontent, any setback at any time between late summer and Easter has been garlanded with the same grim title.
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Money & Business
Collective Creativity
Can the boundaries of the 'creative class' be broken down? Should they? How do creative people contribute to society and the economy?