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‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus
History & The Arts

‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus

...writings. As well as browsing the narratives, the story forms a useful way to explore the theme of historical ‘truth’ and the challenge of ‘chronology’. You may like to take a look at the Timeline and Introductory articles in the Herodotus OpenLearn Collection to put some of the narratives into context. [Croesus vase] Croesus at the stake. An Attic red-figure...
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Activity 5 mins
Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...writes in Irish Gaelic...[Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill] ‘Ceist na Teangan’/ ‘The Language Issue’ Modern poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill writes in the Irish language. ‘Ceist na Teangan’ which we look at in this section is the final poem in her 1990 volume Pharoah’s Daughter. The poems in this bilingual collection are translated into English by a range of other poets...
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Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history
History & The Arts

Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history

...writing had a persistent tendency to ascribe lesbianism to ‘other’ nations. This is certainly clear from the writings of seventeenth-century poets (including Alexander Pope) and prose writers, who often drew on Ovid’s epistles to suggest that the Greek poet Sappho was the ‘inventor’ of lesbian sex. Further than this, though, medical texts like Jane Sharp’s The...
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Article 20 mins
Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 2

...writing, speaking and listening through a variety of online activities. A perfect online short course to develop further the skills needed to speak and understand simple Mandarin Chinese in everyday contexts! This OpenLearn course is an extract from the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXC002 Beginners Chinese 2: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! After completing...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...write their sum on the line below as shown. This process generates the next row of the triangle. [Figure 3] Figure 3 Activity 1: Pascal's triangle Using the hexagonal paper attached in PDF format below, write down the numbers in the next two rows of Pascal's triangle. Hexagon paper Can you spot any patterns in the numbers in the triangle? What do you notice about the sum...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...Writing and Classical Studies today...In the eighteenth century and into the early part of the nineteenth, considerable numbers of aristocratic men (and occasionally women) travelled across Europe in pursuit of education, social advancement and entertainment, on what was known as the Grand Tour. A central objective was to gain exposure to the cultures of classical...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Dive deeper with these extra articles
Society, Politics & Law

Dive deeper with these extra articles

...writes about the Who Are We? project for Run Riot: Aine O'Brien unpacks the intentions of Who Are We From The Open University Research website: Interrogating identity and citizenship through art Here on OpenLearn, discover how people came together to consider how we make sense of questions of citizenship at a time when those questions are so contentious: Methods in...
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Article 5 mins
Academic Skills - Key words in essay titles
Education & Development

Academic Skills - Key words in essay titles

...writing effectively...Here’s a rundown of some common essay title keywords. @@PLUGINFILE@@/essay-keywords-eng-1447118.h5p Analyse Requires an answer that takes apart an idea, concept or statement in order to consider all the factors it consists of. Answers of this type should be very methodical and logically organised. Compare Requires an answer that sets items side by...
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