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Sixty Symbols

This collection of sixty videos from the University of Nottingham hopes to unravel some of the mysteries behind all those funny letters a…

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1 Oct 5, 2009

The Long View: Was there ever a golden age for retirement?

As people may have guessed I am very fond of History be it local, national or global. I find it interesting to note how notions of a 'golde…

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0 Oct 5, 2009

Happy 50th Birthday to the modern postcode!

The UK's country-wide postcode system, introduced to speed up mail deliveries but now used for a range of applications, is half a century o…

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5 Oct 4, 2009
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Stray single gloves matched and sold to new owners

Much like socks, gloves have the tendency to lose their other halves. In the spirit of 'waste not, want not', environmental group Green T…

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1 Oct 3, 2009

Happy Arthur's day!

Guinness, that is, not Astrop. Now that you're all in festival mood, it's just 250 years today since young Arthur Guinness took out his 9,0…

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13 Oct 1, 2009
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A History of Private Life

Radio 4 are broadcasting an interesting looking series of programmes looking at the hidden history of the home. Click here for a list of p…

Started by Liz

1 Oct 1, 2009

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Boris Johnson road strategy criticised by RAC

The RAC Foundation is not impressed by Mayor Johnson's roads strategy. It says: The Mayor of London is in danger of becoming pre-occupied…

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6 Oct 1, 2009
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iNudge - everyone can create music

iNudge Is a software music toy that lets you create and share short snippets of music.

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1 Oct 1, 2009
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Now that's what I call a shopping centre

A new feat of architecture has risen in the Italian city of Nola, just a stone's throw away from the cataclysmic Mt. Vesuvius. Designed b…

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6 Oct 1, 2009
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Going the extra mile to recycle

I was forwarded this by a work colleague because the man in question used to work with us - I'd imagine this puts most of our recycling eff…

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1 Oct 1, 2009
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