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Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...trouble your dad's neighbour, Claire, even though she was happy to allow you to access her property so that you could go and see the garden, is that correct? ROB: Yeah, yeah. INTERVIEWER: Fine. The only concern that I have here is that you mentioned previously that you were worried about your dad, that he was in this house all alone, and my thought is, if I was so...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...trouble from railway officials and white passengers. The day was thus spent in listening to these tales of woe. (Gandhi, 1925–28) Discussion As with any memoir or other record written many years after the event, it is inevitable that it will never be completely accurate. In this case, over thirty years had passed. It’s also important to note that when Gandhi published...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...troubles in Cyprus finished with Cyprus becoming independent, but that meant that my father lost his job. He was chief education officer at the time, and we packed our bags as a family and arrived in London, and it was really, I guess, in a way, a surprise and not a surprise that we were on the outside again, because now we were Greeks in London and we were, again, not...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...troubled me most was the consideration of the effect of the new conditions on the wild life of the plain—or of a very large portion of it. I knew of this before, but it was nevertheless exceedingly unpleasant when I came to witness it myself when I took to spying on the military as an amusement during my idle time. Here we have tens of thousands of very young men, boys...
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Article 10 mins
Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...trouble of clearing it. But yes, I think that if it’s being used for environmental purposes why should they be charged? If it’s being used for non-commercial purposes why shouldn’t the BBC make that available? I mean certainly at Icon Films if people come to us and say, ‘Do you have footage of tigers? We are making non-profit films on tigers.’ Absolutely, we...
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Video 30 mins
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...troubles for supplying their customers with what turned out to be tainted goods. Around the turn of the century, sales of leading sportswear brand Nike were severely affected when it was discovered that their suppliers in Cambodia used child labour to produce their garments. The Nike case has become a classic example in discussions about supply chain ethics ever since....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...trouble begins at source, with the lists compiled by Atwater and others. Companies are allowed to incinerate freeze-dried pellets of product in a bomb calorimeter to arrive at calorie counts, though most avoid that hassle, says Marion Nestle. Some use the data developed by Atwater in the late 1800s. But the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also allows companies to use a...
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Video 5 mins
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...trouble usually comes,” he says. “Once they’re discharged their depression gets worse again.” Peter is a 45-year-old care assistant from Copenhagen who has battled with depression since his early teens. Like Angelina and many others with depression, his first episode followed a period of intense stress and upheaval. His sister, who more or less brought him up,...
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Article 15 mins