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Past-Time Lover: Lord Byron
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Lord Byron

...English Bards and Scotch Reviewers anonymously – to which many of my critics took offense. Following this, I took a tour to the Mediterranean and upon returning to England, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage was published in 1812. A wondrous event occurred – it sold out in three days and ‘I awoke one morning and found myself famous’! (Letters and Journals of Lord Byron,...
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Daisy Main
Miscellaneous

Daisy Main

...English literature,’ she enthused. It was starting that degree in 2024 that prompted Daisy to visit OpenLearn, and as she explains, ‘It has been invaluable to me. My favourite courses - ‘Language in the real world’ and ‘Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials’ - actually prepared me for my degree’s content!’ She even completed an...
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Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...everyday life. It concludes like this: Jon: … the burden is fair and square on your shoulders to explain to me the exact relevance philosophy does have to everyday life. Alan: Yes, I can do this quite easily. This morning I went into a shop, and a shop assistant was having an argument with a customer. The shop assistant said ‘yes’ – ‘yes’, you see – and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...English, whose ignorance of black people shocked me. (Selvon in Nasta and Rutherford, 1995, pp. 58–9) It was as a consequence of encountering migrants from other West Indian islands that Selvon for the first time became ‘aware of the richness and diversity of Caribbean speech’ (Sandhu, 2003, p. 145), an important factor in the writing strategies adopted in The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Protest Banners: Hillsborough
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Hillsborough

...English literature English language studies history modern languages The theme of popular protest runs throughout the module and is used to link the various subject areas. As part of your study you will learn to navigate an innovative and interactive module website; the perfect way to gain the study skills you’ll need to succeed in the next step in your studies. Find...
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Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...English votes for English laws’! The increasing recognition of England as England, as a nation, will of course only help to further loosen the already fraught ties that bind the UK and which also plays directly into the hands of the SNP. Gordon Brown has in recent months repeatedly attacked the Conservatives for the ‘damage’ he says that this is doing to the...
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The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...English girl with long fair hair and blue eyes. But, as childhood friends do, we grew apart. Maybe we’d have grown together again if another ambulance hadn’t come and taken Jonny away. His brother told me about it afterwards. It happened at a house party. With a few drinks in him, he’d got upset, disappeared and taken another lot of tablets. By this time, his mother...
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Article 15 mins
Who makes the difficult decisions about children’s treatment?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Who makes the difficult decisions about children’s treatment?

...everyday routine medical practice. In fact understanding children’s rights and assessing capacity to make decisions is relevant to the practice of all professionals working with children. Each profession should have guidelines to help them make the right decisions with children ensuring their rights are respected. What about the parents? Parents will nearly always be...
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