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History & The Arts
Disraeli on Munich
Writing in 1840, Benjamin Disraeli shared his passion for the Bavarian capital.
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History & The Arts
Swept away: Brighton's Chain Pier collapses during a storm
A winter storm in 1896 battered Brighton's first pier, finishing off the already condemned structure. But newer attractions also took a hammering.
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History & The Arts
Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash
An 1853 inquest takes evidence about a fatal train crash at New Cross.
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History & The Arts
Building the London Underground
In 1853, Parliament gave permission for the world's first underground railway. It promised a short, cheap burst of luxury travel - and to run the buses out of business.
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History & The Arts
The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution
Dr Will Hardy traces the origins of our traditional account of Britain’s “Industrial Revolution”
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History & The Arts
The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?
Dr Will Hardy reflects on the long-term rise of economic modernity in Britain, and what contemporary perceptions may tell us.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Can comedy change your life?
After years spent in dark comedy clubs and cramped rooms above pubs, Mary O’Hara knows what makes her laugh. But what else can a good joke do? She meets the performers and researchers who say that comedy can change how we think and even how we act.
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History & The Arts
Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list
"My father's library has been the chief event in my life...the truth is that I have never emerged from it" wrote Borges. Perhaps; but works by and about the man have certainly expanded that library.
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History & The Arts
Festival fever
Celebrate the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with our range of free courses, audio and video outlining areas to do with the arts.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Caster Semenya's 800 metres victory at Rio hasn't been met with universal acclaim, as it reopens the debate over hyperadrogenic atheletes.
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History & The Arts
Park Hill Estate
Park Hill achieved the dream of streets in the sky - just as the dream was souring.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Why has the diving pool gone green? What does 'your team' mean in 2016? Will hosting the games make people happier? How sexist are the Olympics? A round up of academic insight from the first week of the Rio games.