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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...Spanish thinker Joaquin Xavier de Uriz, writing in 1801, “who does not accept the clear fact that the greatest possible number of law-abiding and hard-working men constitutes the happiness, strength and wealth of any state”. Statesmen and public-spirited individuals therefore devoted attention to building this healthy population. It was the productivity puzzle of the...
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Article 5 mins
Life on the wall: Vindolanda
History & The Arts

Life on the wall: Vindolanda

...Spanish olive oil, Portuguese fish sauces and pepper from India. Soldiers of all ranks, and their wives and slaves, maintained contacts with families and friends through written correspondence, and the sending of parcels was by no means uncommon. The soldiers could use their pay – international currency - to acquire goods and services in the villages outside the fort...
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Article 10 mins
Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?
Money & Business

Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?

...Spanish credit card (which boasts no foreign transaction fee), the cashier asks if you’d like to pay in euros instead of dollars. If you stick with dollars, your bank would convert the price into euros at about the market rate, €43 at the moment. If you choose to pay in euros, however, the currency conversion includes a fee for the privilege, which may be as much as...
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Article 5 mins
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...Spanish Civil War was to become a highly symbolic cause celebre for idealistic left-wing sympathisers from outside Spain. Orwell travelled to Spain as a journalist at the end of 1936. On arrival, however, he enlisted in an Independent Labour Party Republican unit and was sent to fight on the relatively quiet Aragon Front. He fought in Spain for six months before being...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...Spanish. On the other hand my interest in language comes from a background in comparative literatures, from being an ‘integrated foreigner’ and also coming from a mixed culture family and an awareness (that will be familiar to you) that one is a different person when speaking different languages. Given that much of my practice deals with problematising fixed...
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Article 5 mins
A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...University of Havana, press agency Prensa Latina and national broadcaster, ICRT. He has a primary degree in Spanish and Sociology and an LLM in Human Rights Law, both from Queens University. Podcast transcripts (PDF) A Peace of Us Episode 1 Transcript.pdf A Peace of Us Episode 2 Transcript.pdf A Peace of Us Episode 3 Transcript.pdf A Peace of Us Episode 4 Transcript.pdf...
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Article 5 mins
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...Spanish painter, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, turned Flora into a modern-day flower seller; this picture was originally one of a set of a four depicting the seasons, so we know for certain that it was intended as an allegory of spring. As with Titian’s Flora, there’s an erotic subtext – this poor girl offers up not only her flowers to the viewer but also herself. In...
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Video 15 mins
Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history
History & The Arts

Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history

...Spanish and Irish women, commenting on the way that displacing anxieties about sexuality to the east reinforced pseudo-scientific theories about the inferiority and animal nature of women of colour: racism and lesbophobia reinforcing each other. We can see clearly the tangled vilification of sexuality, race and other nationalities depicted in the eighteenth-century...
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Article 20 mins