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David Bowie: identity is creativity
Languages

David Bowie: identity is creativity

...opens the visor to reveal a jewel-encrusted skull which is then carried off in a glass box as an object of worship – perhaps he was telling us that this was to be the final transformation. And in a wry reference back to Major Tom’s ‘Here am I, floating in a tin can, far above the world’ he portrays himself in ‘Lazarus’, eyes bound like a latter day Tiresias,...
Business Bursts: Failure
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Failure

...into account as well. It’s quite complex, so it’s not really surprising in my view that, particularly if the recession starts to bite again, that we’ll be looking at a lot more reality, looking at more failures amongst the self-employed, amongst the very small businesses. (3’49”) Find out what The Open University Business School can do for you and your business...
Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...course you need production, you need very good performances, but when you compare the quality of writing on radio and how direct it is, with say the same in movies, I think if, if you have a good script in radio it’s very hard to turn it into anything other than a good play. I don’t think the same is true of films. You don’t need a good script to make a good film....
People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...course we talk about means or medians and we can also look at how the population is dispersed and there we might be looking at the standard deviation of the population. Sorry – need to concentrate on my driving for a moment! Tony Nixon: We’re going down a steep slope here and we’re about to tip up on our sides so – Paul Herriotts: We’re not about to tip up on...
Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?

...course and the products may be sub-standard. This increases the risk of resistance.” For at least fifteen years, we’ve known about these socioeconomic origins of antimicrobial resistance. Other studies have revealed problems with mislabeled or expired or counterfeit drugs. But the clearestlink between poverty and the rise of antimicrobial resistance is that poor...
French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?
Society, Politics & Law

French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?

...course, but while she has to believe she can win on May 7, it’s a very long shot. The final result will have an impact on Le Pen and the future direction of the Front National. She is not in danger of being replaced if she loses; there is no alternative leader for the time being. But the strategy and the programme, largely devised by her acolyte Florian Philippot, will...
Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit

...course, an extreme case, but more immediate concerns will be whether they will be denied access to public healthcare, whether students will have to start paying higher fees, and whether families could lose access to child benefits. Those working could be asked to apply a work permit of some form. Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which is...
Review: Europe Reset
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Europe Reset

...course for European integration would be plotted, leaders spent a weekend talking earnestly about their desire to reconnect with ordinary people – yet they did so locked inside a castle, on a hilltop, cordoned off from the city and its inhabitants. What follows, however, is a well-evidenced and reasoned proposal for new forms of democratic participation in the European...