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My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally
Education & Development

My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally

...family or friends who have felt safe to ‘come out’ to me or share the challenges and difficulties they are facing around acceptance, stigma and shame. I found this deeply saddening, as I believe everyone should be able to embrace their identify regardless of their protected characteristics. [Asian male couple holdings hands with the pride wristbands] Anyone can be an...
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Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...History Unit Tim Scoones discusses his inspirations, Springwatch, citizen science, archive and new media. ...Tim Scoones Tim Scoones is an executive producer at the BBC Natural History Unit, currently specializing in live broadcasting with programs such as Springwatch and 24/7 Wild and also in pop-science, which includes Nature’s Weirdest Events and Natural Born...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...history, and he would have all to do for himself: his powers would be expended in the first preparations. Great genial power, one would almost say, consists in not being original at all; in being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind. Shakespeare's youth fell in a time when the English...
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Brexit and the Irish border
OpenLearn Ireland

Brexit and the Irish border

...family moved to England for my Dad’s job in the early 1970s. Born in Ireland, raised in England, I have now lived in Belfast for 25 years, so issues of national identity, where you belong, and where people think you belong, were impressed upon me from quite an early age. The Irish border revisited Firstly, a potted (imperfect) history of the border for those unfamiliar...
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Five Inspiring Black Trailblazers from across Europe
History & The Arts

Five Inspiring Black Trailblazers from across Europe

...History Month, we've complied a list and short biography of five black trailblazers from across Europe. ...1: Peter Bossman [Peter Bossman portrait] Peter Bossman is mayor of the Slovene town of Piran. A small town on Slovenia's Adriatic Coast, Piran's choice of Bossman for mayor is noteworthy as he's not just the first black mayor of Piran, or of any place in Slovenia....
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The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...family life. Fifty years after his discovery of mauve, he was knighted for his contribution to the British chemical industry. His achievement was not just the discovery of the dye but its development and exploitation. Perkin showed that: Chemical research can give rise to useful and valuable materials. It’s possible to produce specialised chemicals on a large scale in...
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Arnold Circus, London: social housing for the 'deserving poor'
Society, Politics & Law

Arnold Circus, London: social housing for the 'deserving poor'

...history of comings and goings. The Boundary Street Estate, with Arnold Circus at its centre, was a ‘model development’ providing all that the residents would need. It was at the heart of London County Council’s Boundary Estate, one of the first attempts by a local authority to create social housing. Some of its first tenants were Jews escaping pogroms in Europe. In...
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Digging up Spain's dead
Society, Politics & Law

Digging up Spain's dead

...families were devasted when loved ones were killed by the Franco regime, as they try to find their relatives' remains. Perspective: Digging up Spain's dead For decades, silence has surrounded the civil war and General Franco's dictatorship - but now Spain is starting to confront its past. Dr Georgina Blakeley is joined by Professor Paul Preston and Emilio Silva to explore...
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