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History & The Arts
Download your language survey kit
Interested in carrying out your own survey into language? Here's the kit you'll need.
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History & The Arts
Food timeline
What was the best thing before sliced bread came along? How did rationing affect eating habits throughout the UK? How did people survive before the microwave was invented? Our timeline puts the food on your plate into its historical context.
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History & The Arts
Food origins
Worcestershire Sauce has very little to do with Worcestershire – so what is Britain's great culinary gift to the globe? And did Marco Polo really bring pasta to Italy? Explore the origins of the food on your table with our interactive.
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History & The Arts
Computers are everywhere
A timeline of developments in information and communication technologies, from the Spanish Armada to just-before-we-started-to-Google.
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History & The Arts
Le Corbusier
The man who believed that a house was a machine for living in - and set about making that work.
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History & The Arts
Olde dessert recipes
Try making some dessert recipes - and get a taste of bygone days.
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History & The Arts
Roman cookery
Two experts in cooking took Open Minds on a journey back to the Roman table.