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Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
History & The Arts

Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing

...money, and blah, blah, blah, blah and so on, but actually if you know all that stuff, they will gradually reveal it through the dialogue, and if they don't reveal it through the dialogue, it probably means that it wasn't necessary anyway. So gradually, I think, you learn to let go of that kind of fear that somehow you've got to force the characters to tell all this stuff...
The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...money was kept by a trusted “banker” and the members took it in turn to have access to the lump sum. This enabled many families to put together the down payment on a house. As Elouise’s husband, Beresford described it: I used to throw what is called ‘pardner’ with some Grenadian people I know called Henry who used to live in Talbot Street. They used to work in...
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...money-mediated exchanges but about solidarity-mediated exchanges. Political mobilisation needs the support of social relations but at the same time challenges it by addressing everybody: the rights that sex workers’ claim are not just for themselves, they are ultimately for everybody. Does this mean then that the difference between citizens and non-citizens becomes...
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...business, but only two – Webster and Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) – are graced with roles in this enormously popular mainstream movie about the late sixteenth-century theatre scene. This course will look at Webster’s most well-known play, The Duchess of Malfi, and consider some possible reasons for the play’s continued prominence in the twenty-first-century...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...money spider. There's one generically known as a garden spider there. And there's a caterpillar. Two different species there. And one or two hoverflies and a lacewing. NARRATOR The woodland habitat beside the meadow includes tree and shrub species like hawthorn. This habitat is suitable for a different group of invertebrates. ADRIAN CALSTON We're now in the area of scrub...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...business as usual’ state. The next question is ‘Can your journey be done in a less energy (and CO2) intensive manner?’ Figure 6 compares the CO2 emissions of different modes of transport, both within the UK and for short international journeys to and from it. They vary enormously in their emissions per passenger-kilometre travelled. Air travel, for example, is both...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...business as usual. Many organisations – and even governments – know that people’s attention spans are limited by the demands of contemporary life, and that media tends to move on from news stories quickly. [Described image] Figure 7 Leadership involves perseverance and persistence to enact change Hence when organisations face a difficult public issue, it is quite...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...Business Images/Shutterstock Wordcloud image: Double Brain/Shutterstock.com Estrogen Hormone level: MIKHAIL GRACHIKOV/Shutterstock A drawing of two surgeons: Dzianis Vasilyeu/Shutterstock An image of wooden letters: Muhammad_Safuan/Shutterstock.com A diagram of different coloured squares: marekuliasz/Shutterstock A colourful image with the text: HORMONES: