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Mental Health: Lennox Castle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental Health: Lennox Castle

...history of the hospital, and talks to former patients and staff about their experiences during and after their time at Lennox Castle. He also reflects on the responsibilities of oral historians when gathering such personal testimonies. To complete the album, Professor Joanna Bornat of The Open University's Faculty of Health and Social Care explains why the case study was...
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Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...history – such as Jean Bodin in the 1570s or Antonio Vieira in the 1650s – in the main slavery was taken for granted in moral and political philosophy. Indeed, it was not until the writings of John Woolman and his fellow Quakers that there was an organised and principled critique of slavery in Britain. The British anti-slavery abolitionist movement that is most...
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The 'what now Wednesday' after the Super Tuesday before
Society, Politics & Law

The 'what now Wednesday' after the Super Tuesday before

...History, Swinburne University of Technology In 2015, political pundits universally agreed that Donald Trump could not win the Republican nomination. Following Super Tuesday’s results, it appears that everything we know about presidential nominating contests is wrong – Trump appears on the verge of becoming the Republican nominee. Trump is not the unifying figure his...
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A year in review 2022
Education & Development

A year in review 2022

...history, and the Government controversially reversed England fracking bans to yield further energy resources amidst global supply concerns. New to OpenLearn: want to be a digital champion? Then watch these. Or do you want to make political change? Then enrol on this free course. [Blue banner says, in, out. Downing street is shaken all about] Liz Truss resigned after just...
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The Somme: The German perspective
History & The Arts

The Somme: The German perspective

...History courses and qualifications [Character of German General] Shortly after daybreak on 1 July 1916, around 100,000 troops of Sir Henry Rawlinson’s 5th Army left their trenches and advanced on the German trenches across no-man’s-land. Many, if not most, expected the 5-day artillery bombardment to have destroyed all but the hardiest of German defensive works and to...
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Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?
Society, Politics & Law

Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...history and identity, too; that will put electoral reform at the heart of its manifesto; and, perhaps most importantly of all, that will put the impending ecological crisis at the very centre of political life. Bravery To make all of this happen, however, a further ingredient is necessary – and that’s bravery. This may sound gallant and overblown, but far from it. To...
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The Valentine's rose trade story in a dozen roses
Nature & Environment

The Valentine's rose trade story in a dozen roses

...history of the rose...[Infographic looking at the global rose trade. £2.5 billion market value (2024), Fresh cut roses have a 22.7% share of the floriculture market (2025). 95% of supply is controlled by The Netherlands, Ecuador, Colombia, Kenya, Ethiopia. The US, UK, Germany and the Netherlands account for over half of all global imports. AI is being used for precision...
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Planetary Protection of Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Mars

...history. This has revealed substantial evidence that at periods in Mars’ history there was liquid water and potentially even environments that might have been habitable to life. It has also shown that, although Mars today is dry and hostile, some water does still exist on the planet. Planetary Protection Finding evidence of life is one of the key objectives driving the...
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