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Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...sang a different pitch which formed the harmony. This moved together with the melody and created block chords. Audio 5 was polyphonic. The singers sang different melodies which interwove to form a pleasing harmony. Audio 31 was an example of a monophonic texture with a single, unaccompanied singer...Week 4: Texture, dynamics and structure: 1.3 Creating dynamic change in...
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...du Camp through Egypt and the Holy Land in 1849. Modern critical scholars, notably Edward Said, have come to regard Flaubert’s account of his travels as a locus classicus of Orientalism. Activity 1 Gustave Flaubert – novelist Read the quotations below and then answer this question: What would you pick out as key features of the attitude indicated by these quotations?...
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts

...du cahier éco ce vendredi pic.twitter.com/HHd388eVcu — LeMondeEcoEnt (@LeMondeEcoEnt) June 24, 2016 The independent website Médiapart used a brilliant oxymoron, describing the decision as a “welcome catastrophe” and arguing that Brexit offers a unique opportunity for reform of the long-criticised EU. The result highlighted how the political class in France remains...
Sut mae rheoli straen ddigidol technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sut mae rheoli straen ddigidol technoleg

...DU ar hyn o bryd, yn ddiweddar fe lansiodd y GIG lyfrgell brofi ar gyfer y rhai maen nhw’n eu hargymell. Mae ORCHA UK wedi ysgrifennu adolygiad o’r apiau iechyd meddwl a allai eich rhoi ar ben ffordd. Er mwyn cael ap Iechyd Meddwl Cymraeg, rhowch gynnig ar Ap Cwtsh. Ond os hoffech wybod a yw ap rydych yn dod ar ei draws yn un da... un o’r ffyrdd gorau yw gwneud...
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...du roars. Hit winna byd, hit nivir faetchis. an du winds up kaain aa. An luv, wiel hit’s a haaf-wyld kat Du mebbie maets, bakk an foar. Hit’ll tak dy kloo an ryv dy sokk, Till du shæsts da bæst awa. Naen firby a tøtak’r sænt Wid aks da pær ta ly tagiddir. [Work is such a mischievous dog which never does as it’s told no matter how loud you shout at it It...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...composition”. Constraining incomes and expenditure merely diminishes national aggregate demand, thereby discouraging private investment (since market expectations become poorer). Falling investment brings about fewer jobs and diminishing incomes in an endless cycle of impoverishment that is only preventable by government action. But such action becomes harder to achieve...
How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth

...composition of the atmosphere, resulting in the present range of gases, which is very different to the carbon dioxide-dominated atmospheres of Venus and Mars. Now humans are leaving our own mark in pollutants and greenhouse gases. But despite being so thin and light, the atmosphere is far from insignificant. The influence is not all in one direction and the atmosphere...
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...sang along, even if we didn’t know for ourselves. There wouldn’t have been many smileys in the boardrooms of the drinks companies, because ravers didn’t want beer when they had ecstasy. That’s probably part of the reason pub attendance fell 11% between 1987 and 1992. The industry’s solution wasn’t long in coming, however. It began when the government used new...