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Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited
OpenLearn Ireland

Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited

...changing your whole life. The blues is full of murder, full of jealousy and rage, y’know, very basic human emotions. I think those basic human emotions get to us, as listeners, listening to the blues – and they get to us as readers when we read crime fiction (Yates, 2016). In 2013, Rankin, in fact, teamed up with the Gallagher estate to develop the unique, immersive...
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Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...change and can be seen on many occasions. Others have more specific messages, for instance directed at an opposing team or player and their supporters, or celebrating a particular player or manager. [A banner reading 'Diego Costa the Guv'nor' with an image of Diego Costa. ] When we see the banners not as individual artefacts but as part of a broader, collective tapestry,...
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10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music." The company has been valued at over $8 billion. So much for an 'experiment', Taylor. Think Taylor Swift is the only pop star against Spotify? Explore Adele's impact in this article _Is Adele's decision to keep 25 off Spotify going to change the music industry?_...
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Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?

...changed their views. They may be frustrated at the difficulty of leaving, they may be unimpressed with the way in which the Government is handling the negotiations, but nothing is changing their minds on the outcome they want. Similarly, remainers may feel that they have all the best arguments but unless the other side is prepared to listen to them, airing them is simply...
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The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...changing ways that the seasons of the year have been represented in art over the centuries. It consists of four short films, each of which focuses on one season. The films analyse several famous paintings by some of the best-known names in the history of art as well as well as introducing some spectacular images by less familiar artists. The works discussed range...
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Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...changes are called agonists. In hypertension, however, control is abnormal and blood pressure is raised. Although the primary cause is unknown, it is thought that the blood vessels become over-constricted, possibly through overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system, with release of greater than normal amounts of noradrenaline, thereby causing an increase in pressure...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...change (marital status); some refer to the characteristics of the individual (age), while some may be concerned with the beliefs, norms and values of a group (religion). (It may even be the case that a visible characteristic (for example, age) can suggest an invisible one (people in particular age groups may hold the generally-ascribed values of that age group.)) In...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...climate of continual power struggles, these city states fought wars against each other and military weaponry played an important role. 1481 Military In 1481, Leonardo wrote a fascinating letter to Ludovico Sforza, later to become Duke of Milan. This letter, aimed at obtaining work at Sforza’s court, reads like a Renaissance CV, but it is Leonardo’s emphasis on his...
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