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Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history
History & The Arts

Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history

...opened his eyes – Algeria was a Mecca for all this circle: no Protestant obfuscations there. Gide [nineteenth/twentieth century French novelist] fell for a voluptuous native boy, Athman, who must have been very satisfying in contrast to Madeleine, and got his fellow-traveller, Henri Ghéon … to bring this morsel of humanity back to Paris. (p. 186) It is hard to...
Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...open debates. In this instance, the deconstruction of historical narratives refers to the use of historical epistemology to gain access to further genuine and truthful accounts of history. Examples of the uncovering of history is evident in the accounts of the Moors among other important historical figures, whose historical stories are limited or unknown. The Moors were...
The history of Spanish in about six minutes
Languages

The history of Spanish in about six minutes

...course of history. ¡Adelante! Before the Romans Transcript Latin gets everywhere Transcript Germanic Visigoth and Arabic influences Transcript Spanish and other Romance languages Transcript Spanish and the languages of the empire Transcript Spanish and English Transcript The history of Spanish in full Transcript Acknowledgements and resources Acknowledgements Beatriz...
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...opened a new document. You know the sections you need to include. How do you get started on the sentences that will fill the gaps in between? Two researchers offered suggestions from their experience. [Robert, a space scientist.]Figure 4 Robert, a space scientistShow descriptionA photograph of Robert. Robert, a space scientist, says he usually works out the first...
Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?
Nature & Environment

Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?

...opening virtually all U.S. waters to offshore drilling, which makes it all the more urgent to assess whether it is prepared to regulate this industry effectively. Separating regulation and promotion During our commission’s review of the BP spill, I visited the Gulf office of the Minerals Management Service in September 2010. This Interior Department agency was...
6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales

...opened for consultation, and people and organisations across Wales will have the opportunity to say what they think about it. [6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales body] Whichever body has proposed the idea will then take all this feedback into consideration when further developing the idea. There will often be a public response to the collective responses and the...
Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...course, but British history goes back a bit further than 1979 and the Tory damage to manufacturing and the social fabric of this country he so well describes. The weary victor of the Second World War, admiring ally of the United States in the Cold War and its "terror" successor, and home to the City of London seeking new ways to assert its influence after the formal...
The Somme: The German perspective
History & The Arts

The Somme: The German perspective

...Open University's History courses and qualifications [Character of German General] Shortly after daybreak on 1 July 1916, around 100,000 troops of Sir Henry Rawlinson’s 5th Army left their trenches and advanced on the German trenches across no-man’s-land. Many, if not most, expected the 5-day artillery bombardment to have destroyed all but the hardiest of German...