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James Berry: Windrush songs
History & The Arts

James Berry: Windrush songs

...world from different perspectives. He became part of a new generation of post-colonial poets who drew inspiration from their country of birth in addition to British culture. This album focuses on a selection of poems from his collection titled Windrush songs. This material forms part of The Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... James Berry An...
Charles Dickens: Celebrity Author
Languages

Charles Dickens: Celebrity Author

...career reading for his own profit initiating a new and brilliant phase in his career. The American Tour We look at how in 1867 Charles Dickens embarked on an exhausting 19 week tour of America as one of the world's first 'celebrity authors'. The Farewell Tour In October 1868 Charles Dickens farewell tour began but had to be cut short on account of his failing health....
The importance of planning a musical performance
History & The Arts

The importance of planning a musical performance

...world renowned experts? Our Certificate: The Practice of Music Making (CPMM) was developed in partnership with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and combines distance learning with face-to-face teaching on technical, practical and theoretical topics, culminating in a tailored week-long residential course at Trinity Laban in Greenwich. The Certificate is...
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...world. It introduces the methods of digital humanities and explains how research methods in the humanities can be combined with digital media and technologies. After completing the course, you will be able to analyse, understand and use digital content, to assess information technologies critically, and to integrate digitally-driven methodologies and media to develop your...
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...world explored the Aeneid’s central themes, in particular Roman values read in detail some passages of the Aeneid and investigated how Virgil uses language to enhance the impact of the poem considered some issues involved in reading poetry which was originally written in a different language...Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid: 1 Epic poetry and the Aeneid - I don’t know...
Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Climate change is triple risk to Europe
Nature & Environment

Climate change is triple risk to Europe

...world’s nations do fulfil a promise made in Paris in 2015 to contain global warming to no more than 2°C by 2100, temperatures will almost every year tip to 40°C in many parts of Asia, Australia, North Africa, and both North and South America, and in Europe there will each summer be a 30% probability of similarly strong heatwaves. And with such high temperatures comes...
The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness
Scotland Colleges

The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness

...world’s diverse and most spectacular coastline’. It identifies points of interest for visitors to Ireland. [wild atlantic way logo] The official Wild Atlantic Way website. Terrain If you feel that remoteness and the physical environments have contributed significantly to the development of social coherence and distinctiveness in the West of Ireland, then a map of the...
Soil could save Earth from overheating
Nature & Environment

Soil could save Earth from overheating

...world’s soils already hold 2.4 trillion tonnes of gases in the form of organic carbon, there’s room for more. Scientists from the US and Scotland report in Nature journal that with a few changes to agricultural practice, there would be room for another 8 billion tonnes. “In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change in the 21st century, we need heavyweight...