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Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...everyday’ character. Works by artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch and Jacob van Ruisdael seem to offer a faithful picture of life in the Netherlands at the time. In studying this free course, Dutch painting of the Golden Age, you will discover that there is much more to Dutch painting than meets the eye. You will explore scholarly debates about the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...everyday life itself. Neither of these forms of evidence is better or more useful than the other, indeed they often complement one another, but they need to be used appropriately in terms of the question being asked and the claim being made. So let's look now at both quantitative and qualitative evidence in turn, demonstrating how each can be read and understood...Reading...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...everyday world. Despite Sacks’s popularity now, he had a slow start, with his first book Migrainenot raising much interest either with his medical colleagues or the reading public. Not least, perhaps, because compared to his later works, it struggled to throw off some of the technical writing habits of academic medicine. It wasn’t until his 1973 book Awakenings that...
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Article 5 mins
The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid
Languages

The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid

...everyday people, and that the populist leader has emerged to right this wrong. This is a narrative which Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings have made central to their own political careers (it’s the narrative that underpins Brexit, for example). But within this context, the journey to Durham immediately became a symbol of hypocrisy, undermining the clear story that the...
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Article 10 mins
Try your hand at travel writing
History & The Arts

Try your hand at travel writing

...everyday life. To visit family or friends. To search for adventure and to open your mind to new cultures and experiences. To visit or revisit a place that has personal significance for you. [Mourne Mountains, Co Down, Ireland; Hiker Beside The Mourne Wall On The Slopes Of Slieve Bearnagh] A hiker beside the Mourne Wall on the slopes of Slieve Bearnagh, Co Down, Ireland....
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Article 5 mins
A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
History & The Arts

A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws

...everyday injustices suffered by LGBT people in Britain when it was still a crime to be gay. Nearly 50 years ago, in July 1967, the government voted to partly decriminalise homosexuality for men over 21-years-old. The illegality of homosexuality had ruined countless lives and careers – even of those who were not actually convicted of a crime. One of those who fell foul...
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Article 5 mins
How can you tell that you're not experiencing a delusion?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you tell that you're not experiencing a delusion?

...everyday life, for example, mentally healthy people distort reality to enhance their self-esteem and maintain beliefs about their self-agency. When faced with negative, ambiguous or unsupportive feedback, we often respond with exaggerated perceptions of control and unrealistic optimism. In some life situations – in states of delirium, bereavement, severe lack of sleep...
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Article 5 mins
Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?
Society, Politics & Law

Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?

...everyday practices is greater than heterosexual counterparts who are perhaps more inclined to take things for granted. Of course, same sex couples weren’t the only ones who were happy. The face-to-face interviews revealed that the older heterosexual couples and those who were in a second long-term relationship were often more inclined to reflect on how their...
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Article 5 mins