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Troy Cooper
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Troy Cooper

Troy Cooper is a Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in the East of England. Troy Cooper is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University with academic interests have been in the broad area of social psychology and women, particularly in eating disorders and addiction to alcohol.
Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...Le Corbusier] Date: (1887 - 1965) Nationality: Swiss Famous Buildings: L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion (Paris) Villa Savoye (Poissy) Unité d'Habitation (Marseilles) L'Esprit Nouveau Le Corbusier is without doubt the most influential, most admired, and most maligned architect of the twentieth century. Through his writing and his buildings, he is the main player in the Modernist...
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Julian Le Grand
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Julian Le Grand

Sir Julian Le Grand is Professor of Social Policy at the Marshall Institute, LSE.
Troy Story: Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
History & The Arts

Troy Story: Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

Interested in Greek myths? We've condensed the epic narrative of Homer's poems the Iliad and the Odyssey into short animations voiced by the dulcet tones of Don Warrington...The Iliad Transcript The Iliad - who's who? The Odyssey Transcript The Odyssey - Who's who? More FREE learning on Greek gods and the classical world Take it further with The Open University
Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...les exploits des Trois Mousquetaires (1844), Dumas donne à ses héros plusieurs caractéristiques de détective. Vautrin, un des personnages récurrents de la Comédie humaine de Balzac, est basé sur Vidocq, ancien criminel devenu chef de police au début du XIXe siècle. Et Les Misérables de Victor Hugo (1862) est l’histoire d’un malfaiteur repenti et transformé....
Dame Stella Rimington on John le Carré
History & The Arts

Dame Stella Rimington on John le Carré

British author and former Director General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, tells us why she thinks John le Carré is the master of the spy novel in Cold War times and draws on her own experience...Transcript This video was taken from exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of OU/BBC co-production Sleuths, Spies and Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes. More on spy novels
Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles
Health, Sports & Psychology

Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles

...les’: Cyflwr lles ble mae pob unigolyn yn cyflawni eu potensial, yn gallu ymdopi gyda straen arferol bywyd, yn gallu gweithio’n gynhyrchiol ac yn llwyddiannus, ac yn gallu cyfrannu at gymdeithas. Mae’n gyflwr o les corfforol, meddyliol a chymdeithasol llawn, nid absenoldeb salwch neu wendid yn unig. Er bod canmol i’r diffiniad hwn, bu rhywfaint o feirniadaeth...
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
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Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...les trois-quarts du temps de progresser et d’aboutir, quelquefois à des supports très modestes, quelques phrases écrites, mais qui font avancer un peu les choses et qui font que ce dialogue est devenu une forme d’objet de musée. Commentaire Un sujet peut donc être délicat d’un point de vue social, mais également politique. Pierre Saliot J’évoquais...