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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...world. As Odin put it: (OK, OK, not a great philosopher, but the mighty Thor’s dad, you’ll get the point so bear with me!) Asgard is not a place. Never was. This could be Asgard. Asgard is where our people stand. The point is where people believe a culture really can be found. Some authors take the view that a culture is housed in the mind. For instance, social...

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Languages

How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto

...world war, 100 years ago this month. It is the first story in what would become his legendarium – the mythology that underpins The Lord of the Rings. But behind the fiction was his interest in another epic act of creation: the construction of imaginary languages. That same year, on the other side of Europe, Ludwik Zamenhof died in his native Poland. Zamenhof had also...

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Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of the Solar System

...worlds that we've managed to visit over the last fifty years, including The Moon, Europa, Phobos, Deimos and Titan. From the first human footsteps on another world to the most distant spacecraft landing in history, our neighbourhood of moons has always played a central role in our exploration of the planets. For an introductory astronomy course, try The Open University...

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Miscellaneous

The Anniversary of D-Day

On the 6th June 1944 the Allied invasion of Normandy began. This year marks the 80th Anniversary of 'D-Day' so we've put together a great range of resources on the Second World War...To mark the anniversary, we've compiled some of our Second World War resources...

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Languages

Postcolonial English

...world dates back to the era of British colonialism. English spread across the globe as a consequence of the British Empire and was often imposed on countries as a result of colonialism. But what is the attitude of post-colonial countries to the language now? And how has the legacy of colonialism affected the way that English exists around the world? The short films in...

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Health, Sports & Psychology

Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen

...World champion in 1993 and set a new World record (which remains the British 400m hurdle record to this day). Since Gunnell “no other woman has held Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic track titles concurrently”. But what other British sportswomen achieved success before and after her? If we turn the clock back 50 years to 1969, at the forefront of British sport...

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Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste

...world art is not only inspiring but also big business. In this episode of The Bottom Line, guests in the art world discuss the relation of art and business. Specifically, how is and should art be valued? Who decides what is and what is not fashionable? Is art just another consumer good to be bought and sold – or does have a more important social role? A significant, but...

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History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...heritage organisations to search their own collections and to reach out to local communities for contemporary history. This resulted in a series of timelines being published in February 2023 with the intention to have LGBTQ+ timelines for all twenty-two counties in Wales by 2024 – these will be posted on various county websites but the map for the timelines will be on...

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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture