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Protest Banners: Hillsborough
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Hillsborough

...history, they were made cheaply so that they could be numerous – fitting competition for a newspaper with mass circulation perhaps? And clearly, a great deal of thought has gone into them. At the top of the first is a reproduction of The Sun’s own masthead –this version dripping in blood. Below that we are reminded of The Truth we do know as opposed to that claimed...
Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London
Languages

Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London

...history of his commemoration, and how this sheds light on our understanding of English heritage...The first ever blue plaque to be put up in London was on the front of the house in which Lord Byron was born. Or at least, it was on the house in which those who were running the scheme believed he’d been born (see Commemorating Lord Byron on Holles Street). There remains...
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...history books and music education. As a result, many people have never heard a single piece by a woman composer, let alone know their names. In this article, and also in the accompanying video, we’ll be sharing the stories of a range of nineteenth-century women composers: who they were, what they composed, and what they achieved in their lifetimes. [Laura Hamer ]...
Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...families? What's the importance of building reciprocal and interactive reading communities? These videos explore...The TaRs research project found that RfP is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Where shared understandings were established about the changing nature of reading and the value of everyday reading...
Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...history of music in Wales. His work on music, theology and religion has been principally focused on music and religious practice in Britain since the eighteenth century, and in the Methodist movement more widely. [Dr Helen Barlow] Dr Helen Barlow Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences The Open University Dr Helen Barlow researches into the social and...
Multiculturalism Bites
History & The Arts

Multiculturalism Bites

...history of multiculturalism? What are the arguments for and against its various forms? Has it failed? Does it have a future? The Open University's Nigel Warburton interviews ten leading thinkers about the meaning and implications of multiculturalism. David Edmonds introduces each episode... Tariq Modood on The History of Multiculturalism In this interview Tariq Modood...
The importance of alternative household arrangements
Society, Politics & Law

The importance of alternative household arrangements

...family, a person who lived alone, and a nuclear family. I reflected, at the time, on some of the implications of these recent societal shifts for our thinking about romantic relationships. The thought-provoking episodes are still available as downloadable podcasts on the Thinking Allowed website. Following the success of the series, Thinking Allowed are following it up...
Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora
OpenLearn Ireland

Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora

...history-the-arts/national-identity-britain-and-ireland-17801840/content-section-2 Diner, H. (1984) Erin’s Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century, Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. Donnelly, J.S., (2002) The Great Irish Potato Famine, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd. Doorley, M. (2000), ‘Irish Catholics and French...