2,886 search results
The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling
History & The Arts

The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling

...becoming increasingly creepy, like Keats’ deathmask. Sometimes they prove to be comically embarrassing and definitely beside the point, like Agatha Christie’s loo. In fact, all sorts of things that once gave readers an immediate feeling of the author now don’t. This is the celebrated bench on which the Victorians thought Shakespeare courted Anne Hathaway. They...
View article The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling
Article 10 mins
Researching cycling in the US & the UK
Society, Politics & Law

Researching cycling in the US & the UK

...becoming a part of how cities demonstrate that they’re contemporary and vibrant and growing. And so in many ways the people who are cycling have tended to live in a variety of different places and, you know, in some ways if academics were unable to meet other people who are studying it in different places, they’d almost miss out on something that their participants...
View audio Researching cycling in the US & the UK
Audio 10 mins
Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...become the same. Uniqueness arises from the different way in which these elements combine together and merge. This involves constant construction and re-construction of place, because these processes are occurring in the context of what was already there – the past geography of a place affects the present pattern. At the same time, it must be recognised that the complex...
View activity Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
Activity 5 mins
Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...becoming common, but there are other known relatively early Egyptian iron artefacts from well dated and documented excavations. They were found within two royal tombs in ancient Thebes (modern Luxor) most, possibly all are nickel rich. Nineteen of these objects were discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamen including a set of blades which appear very similar to those used in...
View article Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Article 10 mins
Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen

...becoming the only way of defining the main point of the story. These depictions can have negative effects on public perception. They affect not only help seeking behaviours but also continuation of treatment. Those in the psycho-social sector need to consider how they can proactively be involved in the responsible media depiction of people with bipolar. It will be...
View article Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen
Article 5 mins
What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...become centre stage." While some people manage to get a good work/life balance, most find it much harder to achieve. Dr Susan Himmelweit, an economist from The Open University, discusses this issue: "One group who often can get a good work/life balance is people who work for large organisations whose jobs are not particularly skilled and where the organisation is...
View article What makes people happy at work?
Article 10 mins
The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension

...become a time honoured technique because, that way, a degree of redundancy comes from the way that multiple eyebar assemblies provide multiple load-paths. Photographs from the time of construction, along with the engineering plans, are still preserved in the local county archive…. Bill Connery This is a plan view of the Sixth Street Bridge, it’s approximately 995 feet...
View video The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension
Video 5 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Germany
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Germany

...become a popular part of Christmas festive events from Europe to the United States. Image: Joana Petrova under Creative Commons license Die Laugenbrezel Distinctly knotted 'pretzels' are popular throughout Germany with many regional variations. Laugenbrezel is a Swabian speciality 'pretzel', with a unique crisp brown crust and lovely soft centre. How did it acquire this...
View activity Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Germany
Activity 10 mins