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Scoring the Shoreline
History & The Arts

Scoring the Shoreline

...history of British classical music since the revival, known as the British musical renaissance, led by composers such as Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918) and Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in the 1880s. Not surprisingly a major theme in these works has been the patriotic invocation of Britain as a seafaring nation. Some of the most popular and accessible works by...
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Article 15 mins
Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...history’ of the key events of the period. Getting the history ‘right’ is an ongoing process of debate, argument, and counter-argument. The controversies that continue to this day help to keep the Red Clyde in focus. However, there are myths and problematic interpretations that need to be debunked or at least approach much more critically. As new studies emerge, new...
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Article 20 mins
Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...family members and friends, he set out for Kufa from Medina where he had been living. A large detachment of soldiers sent by the governor of Iraq, a supporter of Yazid, intercepted them at Karbala. Though the people of Kufa had invited him to their city, they did nothing to help, and Husayn’s party suffered terribly from thirst in the heat of the desert. After several...
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Article 5 mins
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...history television Desmond Morris discusses Zoo Time, digital archive, David Attenborough, climate change, human behaviour and the future. ...Desmond Morris Desmond Morris is an English zoologist, ethologist, broadcaster and author. He has a zoology degree from the University of Birmingham and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford on the reproductive behaviour of the...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...history of women’s role in workplace struggles in Scotland over the past 120 years or so. Important investigations and research have already been done in this area but more excavation and discussion of women’s key involvement in struggles around issues such as equal pay and conditions of employment remains to be done. [Striking women workers employed by Glasgow City...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...History of English , for example, was loaded onto YouTube by The Open University in 2011. The History of English in 10 Minutes Chapter Two, the Norman Conquest, or Excuse My English. 1066. True to his name, William the Conqueror invades England, bringing new concepts from across the Channel, like the French language, the Doomsday Book, and the duty-free Gauloises...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Life on the wall: Vindolanda
History & The Arts

Life on the wall: Vindolanda

...history, and it has had a dramatic impact on our knowledge of Roman army life on the northern frontier. There is only so much information that can be gained from a normal archaeological investigation of even the best preserved of remains, although for Roman Britain there has always been the chance of finding a meaningful inscription – the record of a building’s...
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Article 10 mins
What is COVID-19?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is COVID-19?

...family and friends, we visited neighbours, we travelled where and when we wanted, and we shopped among the crowds, without hand sanitizer and protective gloves on. Just a few months later, life has changed beyond recognition. The first cases of the virus we now call COVID-19 were detected in China’s Hubei Province at the end of December 2019. Now, for most of us, the...
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Article 10 mins