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Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...think about ourselves in relation to that world. Insofar as novels typically have a specific location in time and place, they are characteristically involved in the major upheavals of their societies, directly or indirectly: we are viewing the novel as a genre capable of registering in satisfyingly complex ways what we think we know about how the world we live in has come...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...think if I’d been… I don’t know, I was lucky to grow up in the countryside in the thirties and to see… natural life at close quarters. My studies in animal behaviour Back in the 1950s I was working here in Oxford with Niko Tinbergen as a comparative ethologist. I was working on animal behaviour, in particular behaviour of a small fish called the ten-spined...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
History & The Arts

Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

...think I may have damaged his career very slightly by suggesting he would have also made an excellent television producer. Ian of course is one of the world experts though, if not the single greatest expert on the life and times of Adolf Hitler. His two volume epic biography of the Nazi dictator is now the standard text on the subject, and he’s speaking tonight,...
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Audio 45 mins
Week 2 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 2 Civilisations: The debate

...think about the fantastic collection of sculptures and paintings that were shown on episode two 'How do we look?'? Were you familiar with any of these objects before you watched the programme? Were there any that particularly surprised you, or moved you - and if so, why? Note that the Comments are sometimes slow to upload, so just press 'Save' once - your post should...
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Activity 5 mins
Art history in Wales
Education & Development

Art history in Wales

...think the courses I have selected below could help answer a number of questions and provide areas for further exploration, such as: an understanding of Welsh history how religion, language and politics shape art the nature of cultural heritage an appreciation of the techniques and focus of art history how different subjects can be brought together in art history The...
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Article 5 mins
Three Irish poets - introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish poets - introduction

...identity. Learning Outcomes By the end of these articles, you should have: gained introductory knowledge of three women poets important for the development of Irish literature started to appreciate how poets address questions of gender and nationality through their use of literary form and language started to think about how a poem can give rise to diverse interpretations...
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Article 5 mins
60 second adventures in economics: The Principle Of Comparative Advantage
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Principle Of Comparative Advantage

...think economies work best if they're left alone or that governments need to do something to get them working, the one thing that can’t be controlled is the rest of the world. Fear of foreign competition once led countries to try and produce everything they needed, and impose heavy taxes to keep out foreign goods. However, economist David Ricardo showed that...
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60 second adventures in economics: The Invisible Hand
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Invisible Hand

...think about it... Transcript: An economy is a tricky thing to control, and governments are always trying to figure out how to do it. Back in 1776 economist Adam Smith shocked everyone by saying that what governments should actually do is just leave people alone to buy and sell freely among themselves. He suggested that if they just leave self-interested traders to compete...
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Video 5 mins