Emile Zola's novel Germinal, set in 1866-67, follows a community of coal miners and looks at the need for social change in the years following the French Revolution.
Category: Health, Sports & Psychology
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When burning cars and race riots tore at the fabric of France, how did its most diverse city manage to escape unscathed? In the second programme in The Open University’s new broadcasting partnership with Thinking Allowed, Professor Laurie Taylor explores the unique racial geography of France’s second city.
Category: Health, Sports & Psychology
Following ex OU academic Jill Reynolds' previous posts 'what if I die before I get old' husband Dave continues Jill's story of her experience of cancer treatment in France.
Category: Health
Aura Lounasmaa has been in Calais teaching people currently living in the refugee camp there. What has the experience taught her?
Category: Education
Percival Philips scours France for good cheer - but it's hard to ignore the plight of those bombed out of their homes.
Category: History
On the centenary of the end of The Battle of the Somme, discover why the British consider it the bloodiest battle of the First World War, surpassing the Battle of Verdun, and why the Germans don't hold the same view.
Category: History
British publishers were presumably as disappointed as the French authorities when the Bastille fell, as it had been a source of cheap schlocky copy for years...
Category: History
After the collapse of Napoleon's army two hundred years ago, what happened next? We catch up with the news from July 3rd, 1815
Category: History
The forgotten parts of the story of Trafalgar could fill the fourth plinth in the square - and then some...
Category: History
Ian Beckett looks at the wider context of the Battle of the Somme.
Category: History
Dr Will Hardy examines Britain's role in the Atlantic slave trade at its height during the eighteenth century.
Category: History
Bill Purdue outlines the story of the defence of Britain, from the Roman invasion to the Normandy landings.
Category: History
Derek Matravers explores the origins of Romanticism.
Category: Philosophy
Introducing the 17th century English thinker and political theorist, Thomas Hobbes:
Category: Philosophy
Introducing French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault
Category: Philosophy
Introducing the 18th century Scottish philosopher, David Hume:
Category: Philosophy
Jonathan Rée summarizes the life and work of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Category: Philosophy
The French writers and the Cuban revolutionaries spent some time together in 1960
Category: Literature
In this course you will learn how to ask for directions in French. Along the way, you will build up your vocabulary so little by little you will be able to have more complex conversations and understand more French language in a variety of different scenarios.This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXF003 Beginners French 3: absolument! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!
Category: Languages
This two-week course offers you the opportunity to discuss food, your likes and dislikes as well as to shop or order food. Little by little, you will improve your ability to make more sophisticated conversations and to understand more complex language in a variety of different scenarios. You will also find out facts about France and French habits.
This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXF002 Beginners French 2: bien sûr! After
completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!
This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXF002 Beginners French 2: bien sûr! After
completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!
Category: Languages