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The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...Project [Engraving depicting a pin factory in the 1760s. ] Engraving depicting a pin factory in the 1760s. From Smith’s life story, it is not immediately obvious why he became such an iconic figure of modern economics. He led a comfortable, quiet, studious life, whose only notable adventure was a 2-year stay in France. It is his two books, rather than his acts, that...
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What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...projected their own version of Shakespeare – different writers, different playwrights – on to these very few facts and created a… a fake Shakespeare that’s become a sort of national icon in a strange way. This made me question the whole issue of what is true in my research in a different way, I just wondered if that had been the same for you. EMMA DARWIN: Oh I...
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‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus
History & The Arts

‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus

...Project map and partners' resources for guidance in using the Hestia texts. Now read the commentary from Livius.org where the author outlines the problem. [Nabonidud] Nabonidus Chronicle, British Museum, London “For Greece, the sequence of events in what we call the 6th century BC is more or less known from Herodotus of Halicarnassus. 'The Histories' contain a general...
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Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...project rooted in the defence and consolidation of particular class interests. It represents little more than a political assault on the foundations of the post-1945 welfare state and the idea enshrined in the post-1945 social contract that the state has a vital role to play in reducing inequalities by providing benefits and services. Courting the super rich Instead...
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Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View
Society, Politics & Law

Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View

...projects in the East End to relieve distress. The ELFS weekly paper, The Women’s Dreadnought (later, The Worker’s Dreadnought), owned and edited by Sylvia, had a high circulation and was influential outside London. The ELFS moved steadily to the left during the war: it supported the Irish struggle for independence, the Russian Revolution and briefly played a role in...
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Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...projects with the OU after writing a participatory research proposal on bereavement for my final assessment in 2023. I experienced a significant bereavement in my early school years, after my mum died of a rare form of cancer in 1999. Since then, I have gone through a series of life events that have brought up feelings of the loss of my mother in a range of ways. I have...
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Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...projects of many sorts, in schools, colleges, local history societies, evening classes and universities are discovering new material and making it available in digital format via the Internet or on DVD. But as with all types of primary historical source material, the evidence does not “speak for itself”. It requires historical interpretation in order to reveal its...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...project to make English a second language for the world's primary school children is successful, a new generation of English-knowing children will grow up who will not need English lessons in the future. As this generation of children move through the education system, secondary school children will be expected to start learning curriculum subjects such as maths and...
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