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The rural dimension – after rundale
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The rural dimension – after rundale

...money sent home by migrant members of the family, working in cities in North America such as Boston and New York, than on income from agriculture. This represents another set of interdependencies within a wider geographical context. The apparently isolated farm in the West of Ireland remained far from independent. Generally, the families were large, but only one son could...
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The Z Files: Chi Onwurah
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Chi Onwurah

...money. Benjamin Zephaniah No. Chi Onwurah And if you’re going to earn your living I wanted to do something that inspired me. Benjamin Zephaniah So what happened after comprehensive school? Did you go to university? Chi Onwurah Yes. I went to Imperial to study electrical engineering, and that was a bit of a culture shock, because I had to move down south and it was very...
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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...money, and some for glory, But you sing here all con amore.” And so the fun was over. But the amusement was so delightful, and the cogitations consequent thereon so pleasant, that, upon retiring, we were led to exclaim – “Pause and reflect That a day like this may never dawn again.” The magazine records that a Drawing-room concert was given to mark the occasion,...
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King Charles I, 1600 - 1649
History & The Arts

King Charles I, 1600 - 1649

...money, forced loans, impositions, and sale of monopoly licences. None of these methods were strictly illegal but his determination to reassert the royal prerogative and squeeze funds from unwilling contributors generated a lot of opposition. On the surface, Charles' period of personal rule appeared tranquil but tensions were gradually accumulating. In religious affairs,...
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The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025

...money where their mouth is Indeed, one of the most compelling reasons to support women’s sports is the direct impact of increased investment. Broadcasters, sponsors, and leagues are finally putting their money where their mouth is, leading to better facilities, higher salaries, and improved competition. For example, Barclays’ sponsorship of the Women’s Super League...
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The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...money he made by the invention and sale of Old Parr's Pills. He was thrice sent to Parliament from his native town, and he related it to America, after two centuries, by drowning in Lake Michigan. "R. N.," the otherwise anonymous author of a very intelligent and agreeable Handbook of Boston, relates that in his first canvass for Parliament Ingram was opposed by a...
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Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision

...money to make full length programmes. Magazine programmes we could manage at home, that would be fine, that wasn’t an issue; full-length programmes we needed American money and the Americans weren’t interested in anything that was happening in England and the English weren’t interested in anything that was happening in America. So we fell between two stools and we...
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10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...business of the academy and while the university professorship was created specifically for her, she was not allowed to teach publicly. Catherine Lee explains how she got about this: "To get around this prohibition, in 1749 Bassi officially opened a ‘domestic school’ in her own home. Her eight-month long course offered a more comprehensive instruction than either the...
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