Unit 5: Creative Ageing - Opportunities and Outlook

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Unit 5 References

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Emma (2020) The Most Famous Italian Hits. Superprof blog [Online]. Available at https://www.superprof.co.uk/blog/famous-italian-songs/#Chapter_intermission-how-to-memorise-italian-songs (accessed  24/08/2025).

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The Wee Spanish Mobile Library (n.d.) La Biciteca. Familias en Glasgow [Online] Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6wEbDQgr0 (accessed  24/08/2025).

Stevenson, N. (2016) ‘5 creative exercises from the surrealists’, Ideo, 6 December [Online] Available at https://www.ideo.com/blog/5-creative-exercises-from-the-surrealists (accessed  24/08/2025).

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