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Exploring Religion in London
History & The Arts

Exploring Religion in London

...architecture. At the moment there are seven resident monks. The head monk is pretty old – 92 years old. Quite often we have a visitor – like a visiting monk. But, there are seven resident monks, and all of us are living in the big house. In the Buddha shrine room, we have 4 basic things. Buddha statue, candles, incense sticks and flowers. For Buddhists, Buddha statues...
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Video 30 mins
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...architecture, like the Ancient Games. De Coubertin himself would later admit that these spectacles were perhaps a weaker aspect of the first modern Olympics, which, ironically, is probably not far removed from the opinions of some Ancient Greek spectators – Pausanias (X.9.2), for instance, describes the musical competitions of the Pythian Games as ‘scarcely worthy of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...architecture and the life of David Lloyd George. On its ‘Family History’ link, there are some useful online archival databases, including: A searchable database of Gaol Files, 1730–1830. Searchable access to the Manorial Documents Register. Archives Network Wales: www.archivesnetworkwales.info The Archives Network Wales website contains standardised descriptions of...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...architecture was also dominated by the classical. Keddlestone Hall in Derbyshire was designed by the architect Robert Adam for Lord Curson, this magnificent stately home was based on wellknown Roman models. The arched centre piece of the south façade is modelled on the Arch of Constantine. It’s columns are topped by statues and an arch shape surrounds the main door....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...architectural job up in London. NARRATOR Over the next decade, Hardy went on to write four novels, three of which were published, before writing the book that would make him famous, Far from the Madding Crowd. Although he'd moved to London, Hardy kept returning to Higher Bockhampton. He wrote Far from the Madding Crowd here, eating meals cooked by his mother and helping...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...architecture’. The theory is that presenting choices in the right way to customers will help them to make decisions which are more in their interests. Thaler and Sunstein describe this as ‘improving’ decisions. It is also known as ‘nudge’ theory, as people are ‘nudged’ in the ‘right’ direction. ‘Nudging’ is based on scientific experiments which have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...architectural designs and building materials from across the empire. Quarries like Chemtou, in Tunisia supplied Rome with the building materials that lined the walls and floors of these new buildings. In the Pantheon, the luxurious Numidian yellow marble was set in the floor. It was surrounded by a whitish marble with purple veins from Turkey, and encircled roundels of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...architecture. [Described image] Figure 1 Emojis as a decorative feature in a building designed by architect Changiz Tehrani in the Dutch city of Amersfoort...A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis: 3.1 Textspeak and language change - The principal function of emojis, though, is as a means of communication. And it’s in this context that laments such as...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs