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Designing the Spanish nation
Languages

Designing the Spanish nation

...creative national mood. As with other patriotic symbols, there is some debate around the origin of the Spanish national anthem. Some have pointed out similarities with the Hispano-Arabic music of Ibn Bayyah as well as with some of the music heard in the time of Ferdinand of Aragon; others have claimed that the march came from Frederick the Great. What we do know from...
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Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction

...creativity in terms of how they’ll tell the stories. What is special about the project? What we think is unique about this body of interviews is that we’ve got both natural history and environmental programme making, but also we’ve got every part of the media ecology. So we’ve got presenters but we’ve also got producers, we’ve got sound editors, we’ve got...
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Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...creative hands, surrealistic – view of the world afforded by the still or moving picture. The amateurs were those who came in their wake, hobbyists embracing the excitement of the new technology. With their small gauge cameras, they documented their world – a mixture of domestic and public spheres – but with little awareness of their value to future generations of...
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Challenge: Make paper and ink
Science, Maths & Technology

Challenge: Make paper and ink

...creative recipes and projects using herbs, flowers, grasses, and leaves by Helen Hiebert, Storey Publishing 1998; ISBN: 1580170870 Handmade Paper by Maureen Richardson , Apple Press 1999; ISBN: 1840922257 Making paper by hand by John Sweetman, pub Wells, Somerset : Wookey Hole Caves Ltd.1977 Dyer's Garden: From Plant to Pot: Growing Dyes for Natural Fibers by Rita...
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Hedd Wyn: y modd y cafodd bywyd un o feirdd mwyaf addawol Cymru ei dorri’n fyr gan y rhyfel byd cyntaf
History & The Arts

Hedd Wyn: y modd y cafodd bywyd un o feirdd mwyaf addawol Cymru ei dorri’n fyr gan y rhyfel byd cyntaf

...y gad yn y Rhyfel Mawr: Ei aberth nid â heibio – ei wyneb Annwyl nid â'n ango Er i'r Almaen ystaenio Ei dwrn dur yn ei waed o. Ynglŷn â’r erthygl hon Ysgrifennwyd yr erthygl hon gan Alan Llwyd, Athro’r Gymraeg ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Ailgyhoeddir yr erthygl hon ar sail erthygl yn The Conversation dan drwydded Creative Commons. Darllenwch yr erthygl wreiddiol....
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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?

...Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license A record number of tourists and business travelers visited another country in 2016, and this year is already on pace to exceed that tally. One thing you definitely need when traveling abroad besides a passport is local currency, such as euros in Europe, yen in Japan or rubles in Russia. In the past, travelers would typically withdraw...
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Nos Galan Gaeaf: y dathliad Cymreig traddodiadol sy’n cael ei fwrw i’r cysgod gan ddathliadau Halloween modern
History & The Arts

Nos Galan Gaeaf: y dathliad Cymreig traddodiadol sy’n cael ei fwrw i’r cysgod gan ddathliadau Halloween modern

...fymis a fampirod ar Hydref 31 eleni, fyddai gwisgo fel un o’r cymeriadau arswydus hyn ddim yn syniad drwg o gwbl. Ynglŷn â’r erthygl hon Ysgrifennwyd yr erthygl hon gan Simon Rodway, Darlithydd mewn Astudiaethau Celtaidd, Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Cafodd yr erthygl hon ei hailgyhoeddi o The Conversation o dan drwydded Creative Commons. Darllenwch yr erthygl wreiddiol....
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Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list
History & The Arts

Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list

...writes, “whose works were selected to fill 33 volumes in The Library of Babel, a 1979 Spanish language anthology of fantastic literature edited by Borges, named after his earlier story by the same name.” Read at OpenCulture: Jorge Luis Borges Picks 33 of His Favorite Books to Start His Famous Library of Babel Borges' fictional Library of Babel was slightly different...
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