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The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
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The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...skill as she develops the complexity of the characterization, by providing an insight into the internal machinations of Mrs. Drover, the turmoil of her subconscious mind. This is further reflected in physical responses that show the reader her anxiety – shutting her eyes and then reopening them. Whether Bowen is exploring her character’s outer world or her inner...
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Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...skills to cope with studying SDK100. Finally, if you have any questions about this course, or about studying health sciences with The Open University, you can discuss these with Claire Rostron on the course forum...Infection and immunity: References - Week 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015) 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa – case counts [Online]....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
EU Referendum - Economy
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Economy

...its report emphasises the extent to which UK financial services currently build on their EU connections, it offers fuel for both sides of the argument, enabling opponents of the Eurozone to argue that Britain would be better-off out whether the Eurozone now prosperously pulls together or disastrously falls apart. Explore more about the EU referendum... Study at The OU......
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A modest liking for Liverpool
History & The Arts

A modest liking for Liverpool

...studying a page of fine print in Baedeker, and I will not deceive the reader. It is true; but it is also true that I had some wonder, altogether my own, that so great a city should make so small an appeal to the imagination. In this it outdoes almost any metropolis of our own. Even in journalism, an intensely modern product, it does not excel; Manchester has its able and...
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Some merits of Manchester
History & The Arts

Some merits of Manchester

...studied composition you pass, as it were, from your car to your room, as from one chamber to another. This is putting the fact poetically; but, prosaically, the intervening steps are few at the most; and when you have entered your room your train has ceased to be. The simple miracle would be impossible in America, where our trains, when not shrieking at the tops of their...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...study into drugs: "Professor Nutt and colleagues have developed a Cause of Harm Index compiled by scientific experts, which compares the harms done to individuals and to society by individual drugs, including tobacco and alcohol. By this measure alcohol is more harmful than most of the drugs which are now currently illegal and responsible for the deaths of 8,000 people in...
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The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...Studies at the University of Salford. He now joins me in the studio together with Tim Jordan, Senior Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College, London. It is difficult in a way, George isn't it to start off with to think about the garden as being radical? I mean let's talk about its general image. Generally it's suburban, it's restful. George...
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Article 15 mins
'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics
Society, Politics & Law

'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics

...statistics, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. A pre-publication and edited version of an article published here. References Bentham, M. (2014) ‘London Gang Members commit 6600 crimes including 24 murders in three years’, London Evening Standard, 12 March. Townsend, M. (2015) ‘No convictions over 500 black and Asian deaths in custody’, The Observer, 21 March....
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