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How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?

...open up?...Successfully pitching a story to a science editor requires a wide range of skills, from researching their outlet to communicating with them in a professional way. In this practical guide, we have compiled advice from six different science editors with extensive experience in commissioning pieces for a number of different outlets including Science, BBC Focus...
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The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...open-ended. Because, ultimately, what Barratt sought to achieve with this painting was a ‘Grand Historical Picture’; an allegory, which would capture the most important elements of the Fry story. It is not, and was most likely never meant to be, a faithful representation of what actually happened at Newgate. After all, Barratt, born in 1824, had not been present at...
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What do literary agents do?
History & The Arts

What do literary agents do?

...Open University. With me is Jonny Geller who’s Chief Executive of the literary agents Curtis Brown. We’ll be discussing the relationship between creativity and commerce and how to identify it and promote writing talent in today’s rapidly changing world. Could you explain a little bit about your role and the various elements involved in the creation of a work of...
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London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...open to all applicants, at all days and hours. A medical certificate of disease is stated to be required; but the practice is to admit all who are attacked by the complaint upon the first application; and the only impediment thrown in the way has been one which it is the aim of your Committee to remove, a want of sufficient room for the admission of patients. Your...
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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...open up the curtain catalogues, safe in the knowledge that it is saving the planet?! It isn’t quite that simple either, as it depends on the individual circumstances. But if we don’t even calculate the embodied carbon, we won’t have the opportunity to find out what the best solution is and all our well intentioned actions could be making the situation worse. This is...
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Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. [A sky diver's eye view] Laurie Taylor: As a teenager I had a few goes on the Grand National at Blackpool, but my most daring fairground ride was always Wallis’s Wonder Waltzer. Do you remember the Waltzer? It was those egg-shaped carriages holding up to half-a-dozen people, and the chrome rail that was...
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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Kimberly Nicholas Interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer KN: = Kim Nicholas, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden. Researcher into climate change, sustainable food and ecosystem services, participant. RH: So I’m standing on a street corner in Paris. It’s a damp evening, looks like its just about to...
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The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...opened up a pandora’s box of uncertainty. It is likely to take months if not years to work through it. But there is a greater danger that falls triggered by Brexit will connect with other underlying economic problems. Brexit may also uncover economic issues which had previously been overlooked. If this happens, Brexit will change from a localised crisis to something...
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