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Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution The American Civil Rights Movement With a focus on the Sixties as experienced by the West, you’ll explore how the era has been presented as one of protest, change and crisis. You will explore the Sixties from the point of view of politics, society, culture, religion, economics and technology. In A Spiritual Revolution?: Wicca and...
Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place
History & The Arts

Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place

...is stronger than ever. The fact that he is continually looking to respond musically to new places and modes of travel shows that he is aware of the social, cultural, political and technological tensions that run through contemporary North American life.” Neil Young: American Traveller is published by Reaktion Books and distributed by the University of Chicago Press....
A Victorian Christmas: Victoria's Christmas
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Victoria's Christmas

...mode Thursday, 25th December.- Christmas Day. Got up at ½ p.9 and breakfasted at ½ p.10. Wrote to the Queen Dowager and wrote my journal. At 12 I went with Ma., Lady Mulgrave, Miss Dillon, Miss Cocks, Lady Mary, Lord Falkland, Col: Grey, and Mr. Rich, to the Chapel Royal at St.James's. Mr. Anderson (from Brighton) preached. The sermon was a good one though rather too...
Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques
Money & Business

Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques

...modes for clothing. The need to follow fashion trends and to wear something new, coupled with the affordability and availability of fast fashion are common contributors to garment disposal. To combat this, my designs needed to be adaptable. Not wanting to simply add extra pieces of material here and there, I set about designing a garment from which the wearer could...
Electrochemical Grinding (ECG)
Science, Maths & Technology

Electrochemical Grinding (ECG)

...mode: surface, plunge, cylindrical, traverse or form grinding. Typical feed rates: surface grinding, 25 mm min–1 with 0.25 mm depth of cut at 155 A cm–2; plunge grinding 1.25 mm min–1 at 80 A cm–2. Typical operating conditions are 50–3000 A at 4–16 V. Metal removal rates are proportional to current density, limited by the anodic dissolution rate for a...
The Romantics
History & The Arts

The Romantics

...and studying literature... Romantic authorship Professor Andrew Bennett discusses the idea of authorship. The self How did Romantic writers represent ‘the self’? Wordsworth and De Quincy Bill Greenwell adapts one of Wordsworth’s poems ‘To daffodils’ in the voice of Thomas De Quincy. Romantic timelines What is the impact of writing in different literary periods?...
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Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...de la langue française (2000) Paris, Le Robert. Said, E.W. (1991) Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient, Harmondsworth, Penguin (first published 1978). Sewell, B. (2001) ‘Masterpieces for 20 pence’, Evening Standard, 26 January. Spector, J.J. (1974) Delacroix: The Death of Sardanapalus, Harmondsworth, Penguin. Spitzer, A. (2001) ‘Delacroix in his...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...mode, might be enough to see a positive change. For example, a recent study found that restricting smartphone use in the bedroom improved sleep quality, and increased happiness and quality of life. If you are up for more of a challenge, try taking a significant break from social media. The British Psychology Society recently posted an article on how taking a five day...