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How large is the UK alternative finance sector?
Money & Business

How large is the UK alternative finance sector?

...public about how these areas of finance are increasingly becoming part of our everyday economic life.” “2015 has seen another year of remarkable growth for Alternative Finance in the UK,” said Stian Westlake, Nesta’s Executive Director of Policy & Research. “Little more than a collection of plucky startups just six years ago, the sector now does £3.2 billion of...
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Shaken and stirred? Blending the familiar and new in Bond’s music
History & The Arts

Shaken and stirred? Blending the familiar and new in Bond’s music

...public taste in popular music, and has become increasingly important to the films’ commercial strategies. Over the years themes have been sung by Shirley Bassey, Paul McCartney & Wings, Duran Duran, and Madonna. The theme song for No Time to Die was co-written and sung by Billie Eilish, and won the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 63rd Annual Grammy...
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What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today
Education & Development

What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today

...public. But beyond the cultural aim to enrich the French language, this decision also resonates with the historical and politically-motivated positioning of language as a central component of France’s international presence. Ever since the French Constitution officialised French as the only institutionalized language in the country, institutional monolingualism has...
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...public machines in places such as cafes, libraries and workplaces. When using a password manager check that the password manager’s security functionality has been evaluated by a reputable independent organisation. Additionally, make sure you select a very strong password for controlling access to the password store. This will minimise the risk of attackers having access...
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Lady Llanover, Welsh airs and national harmony
History & The Arts

Lady Llanover, Welsh airs and national harmony

...publication did in the end present the tunes with their Welsh words. [A portrait of Lady Llanover and a photograph of Maria Jane Williams side by side.]Left: Lady Llanover (painted in 1862 by Mornewicke), wearing the Welsh ‘traditional’ dress for which she is best known. (Image: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales) Right: Maria Jane Williams, photographed in later...
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Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26
Nature & Environment

Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26

...public opinion to respond to the challenges of the climate crisis through its strong potential to accelerate political and financial will. Given its current trajectory, fossil fuel divestment is likely to gain momentum across more sectors and will both be further encouraged by and support COP26 and its goals. [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to...
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Three Irish Poets – Katherine Tynan
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Katherine Tynan

...public life, and the idealisation of traditional female roles in her writing, work which also emphasises devotional Catholic themes. ‘Any Woman’ (1911) The poem was originally published in the1911 collection New Poems under the title ‘The Mother’ and was frequently anthologised afterwards, later as ‘Any Woman’. What similarities can you find between this poem...
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Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world
History & The Arts

Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world

...public spaces) that have long concerned art historians. Art History can be headline news. Art History as a subject has changed a lot over the last few decades – yet some of the most exciting changes may still be to come. In 2023 I visited the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art to ask a small group of art historians about what they do, and how and why they do...
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