video icon
History & The Arts
Britain's Great War: At the eleventh hour - guide & clips
Jeremy Paxman concludes the series by describing how the country came to the very brink of defeat.
video icon
History & The Arts
Britain's Great War: The darkest hour - guide & clips
How Germany's attempts to starve Britain into submission edged the nation close to defeat.
video icon
History & The Arts
Britain's Great War: The war machine - guide & clips
In the second episode, the whole population is enlisted to turn an unprepared Britain into a war machine.
video icon
History & The Arts
Britain's Great War: War comes to Britain - guide & clips
Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the dramatic early stages of the First World War.
video icon
History & The Arts
A trip to Brighton
Fancy a quick trip to Little London By The Sea?
article icon
History & The Arts
How did music influence Virgina Woolf?
Virginia Woolf once wrote that music was "nearest to truth", and it was inarguably a major influence on her work. Emma Sutton uses Woolf's story A Simple Melody to explain.
article icon
Languages
What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
Is emoji another example of the dumbing-down of our language and culture or is there a more educational purpose to the little pictures used to communicate?
article icon
History & The Arts
The String Quartet
Meeting again after seven years... This short story by Virginia Woolf was originally published in 1921 as part of the Monday or Tuesday collection.
article icon
History & The Arts
The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling
In January 2007, J.K. Rowling finished writing 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' in a room at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. What drives literary tourists to visit the room where she penned the final chapter?
article icon
History & The Arts
Introducing the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematical
Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematical was published 330 years ago today. To mark the anniversary, here's Newton's original introduction to the work.
video icon
Nature & Environment
Environment and Sustainable Development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
The third Brexit Special video by Student Hub Live.
video icon
History & The Arts
Brexit’s impact on the nations of the UK - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
The second Brexit Special video from Student Hub Live.