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How is nylon made?
Science, Maths & Technology

How is nylon made?

...World War, as well as nylon stockings and toothbrushes. It’s a strong synthetic fibre, which resists abrasion. Nylon doesn’t shrink or stretch through washing, but it is degraded by ultraviolet light. Nylon is made when the appropriate monomers (the chemical building blocks which make up polymers) are combined to form a long chain via a condensation polymerisation...
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Cider with Rosie
History & The Arts

Cider with Rosie

...World War, is set in the tiny Cotswold village of Slad. Family friends and local historians will testify that Lee was not always strictly faithful to the literal truth in the book, blending fact with fiction in his wistful elegy to a disappeared rural world. Nevertheless, these intoxicating and poetic descriptions of youth capture the essence of a life lived one hundred...
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History How-to videos: Crash sites
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Crash sites

...World War plane crashes aren't just of historical interest - they may also be graveyards or bomb sites. How should you approach them?...Video Text The number of crashed planes across the whole of the UK is really extraordinary. Almost four thousand went down on training flights during the course of World War II. That’s a lot of planes, and for every crash site there’s...
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Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...world, and the box office success of River Monsters. ...Harry Marshall Harry is the Creative Director of Icon Films – a long established award-winning, UK independent production company. Over the last 25 years Icon Films has produced over 290 hours of high-end factual content for the international market. Harry was born and spent his childhood in India, where he has...
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Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...world – not least because of the variety of geographical, social, political and historical contexts – you are encouraged to think geographically and make links between the different places visited in the International virtual field trip. [The map of the world showing the route travelled as part of the Global South international field trip.] Key questions Why it is...
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Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...world is temporarily closed'] It is fair to say that while sport may be at the centre of a lot of people’s lives, its significance is vastly diminished during this public health crisis. People have been shocked at the postponement of major sports events, such as the 2020 Olympic Games, but this is a minor issue when we consider there are thousands of people around the...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?

...world's oceans in June 2019. The original race took place in 1968 -69, 50 years before this, and there have been some important changes, many detrimental, in the oceans since the original race. Human activities have produced a variety of changes which are dramatically altering the oceans. Climate change produce by our carbon dioxide inputs is already leading to warmer...
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Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Society, Politics & Law

Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair

...World Cup appears to confirm research that family influences a players’ introduction and experience of the sport in a variety of ways – from taking up the game to sibling rivalry driving performance. Being an England fan I was already aware of the two sets of brothers in the England squad – Billy and Mako Vunipola and the brothers Ben and Tom Youngs (whose father...
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