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Impossible Peace 2: Much more than an archive
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Much more than an archive

...history and learning and the different perspectives...The peace process is not just about us, but about what we can share and do for others; about how we help those who visit this peace of ours and look for the compass points that lead away from conflict. We can help with some things, but not everything. As we reflect on our journey in Northern Ireland, so we look out at...
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Article 5 mins
Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star
History & The Arts

Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star

...history of the 20th century she was, says Andy Medhurst...[Cilla Black] Cilla Black was the only woman to have two number-one hits in the group-swamped mid-1960s pop charts. She was also a working-class woman entrusted at just 24 with fronting prime-time BBC Saturday-night television and the only female host simultaneously to front two ratings-devouring behemoths of 80s...
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Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

...history with our timeline...["Princess Lilibet" picture from Time Magazine Cover, (April 29, 1929.)]"Princess Lilibet" picture from Time Magazine Cover, (April 29, 1929.)1926 - Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born at 02:40 on 21 April 1926 to Prince Albert, Duke of York and Elizabeth, Duchess of York. Her grandfather was King George V. Her...
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Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...history filmmaking because you capture your image with an optical device, a pair of binoculars, you arrange the image with an editing device or tweezers and then you display your image in a jam jar or perhaps through a television screen. And that early experience of seeing those wild animals when I was a boy of eight or nine, I think, pretty much set my course. What films...
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Video 30 mins
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...history. They have spanned the globe. They have influenced the way we are governed, our systems of trade, how we use technology, our relationships with the natural world. They have shaped how we have seen, mapped and divided the world. They have profoundly affected how we have understood and represented each other. This free course, Empire: power, resistance, legacies,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Life in Law
Society, Politics & Law

Life in Law

...family lawyers or immigration law advisers? What if you have credit card debt or are faced with an eviction notice and can't afford a lawyer? This collection gives us an insight into the daily lives of those in the legal profession. (NB The legislative process audio podcast contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0.)... The...
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins
The stories behind our streets
Society, Politics & Law

The stories behind our streets

...History of Our Streets: London first broadcast on BBC Two, 6th June 2012 and The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland first broadcast on BBC Two, 25th July 2014. To coincide with the final programme of the first series, Arnold Circus, London, we published some stories behind the streets in Dublin, Ireland alongside Manchester and Sheffield in England, Cardiff in Wales...
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Activity 5 mins
The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas

...History of Numbers Starting in Africa 20,000 years ago, trace the history of numbers through time, including Egyptian use of fractions and the problems of Roman numerals. Complex Numbers Computer generated animations looking at 'Complex Numbers'. Rational and Irrational Numbers Using tally sticks, a cake, a thermometer, a number line and graphics boards, David Brannan and...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins