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Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...think briefly about the Colosseum’s cultural symbolism, and the reasons why it held such significance for visitors on the Grand Tour...Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour: 1.1 The Colosseum in antiquity - [This is a colour photograph of the Colosseum in Rome, with visitors.] Figure 1 The Colosseum in Rome, Italy. The Colosseum has been one of the most iconic sights...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...think as well about the way he says it. What is distinctive about the language of Antonio’s description of the French court? Perhaps the most striking part of the speech is the long analogy he makes between royal courts generally and ‘a common fountain’. The appearance of the word ‘like’ in line 12 tells us that this analogy is a simile, a comparison of two...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...think their sharp hunger would have pierced to the steaming and smoking dishes within. The very morning after I had denied that man a penny at the theatre door, and was still smarting to think I had not given him sixpence, I saw a boy of ten, in the cut-down tatters of a man, gloating upon a meat-pie which a cook had cruelly set behind the pane in front of him. I took out...
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Article 10 mins
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...system of channels and sluices. The time and trouble devoted to producing hay at that time illustrate how valuable the crop was. Only a handful of working water meadows still survive in England on the chalk streams of Hampshire, but similar vegetation exists on the wetlands of the Somerset Levels and the Norfolk Broads. [Photo of field with flowers] A water meadow in...
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Article 10 mins
Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...system of chattel Slavery”. The Committee developed a 10-point plan, calling for: Full apology Repatriation Indigenous people’s development program Cultural institutions Public health crisis (action) Illiteracy eradication African knowledge program Psychological rehabilitation Technology transfer Debt cancellation The (brief) arguments For: Slavery created vast...
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Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...thinking of it as expressed in English in the same way, when listening to somebody telling the time in Italian, picture it in your mind as you would see it on a clockface rather than translating it into English. This means that you will be dealing with only two languages at a time (Italian and numbers), therefore making it easier for yourself This OpenLearn course is an...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...System. To explain this remarkable phenomenon, a remarkable explanation is required. This has proved to be within the imaginative powers of astronomers, who have proposed that the engine consists of an accreting supermassive black hole, around which gravitational energy is converted into electromagnetic radiation. In Section 2 you will learn how spectroscopy can be used...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...system. The spinal cord goes from the brain down to the lower part of the back. It is responsible for taking messages to the brain from the rest of the body, and from the brain to the rest of the body. When we look at the brain image we can see three main parts: the cerebrum the cerebellum the brainstem. Each of these parts controls a number of important functions. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs