The clitoris – a brief history
Helen King is an Open University Emerita Professor of classical studies – here she explores the history of the clitoris and shows just how much wasn’t…
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China’s increasing economic ties with the Gulf states are reducing the west’s sway in the Middle East
Dr Emilie Rutledge is an economist at The Open University who has held research and consulting positions in the Middle East for 12 years. Here she…
Today’s winter wonderlands have roots in Jacobean and Georgian frost fairs
Dr Clare Taylor is a senior lecturer in art history at the OU – here she gives an insight into the origins of winter wonderlands and…
Sunak’s first major foreign policy speech “worryingly divorced from reality”, says OU academic
An OU academic has criticised the Prime Minister’s foreign policy speech at London’s Guildhall delivered recently. Professor Jamie Gaskarth, Professor of foreign policy and international relations,…
Landmark exhibition on the history of Chinese communities in Britain opens at the British Library
A fascinating exhibition, co-curated by an OU academic, that celebrates 300 years of the history of Chinese communities living in Britain has opened at the British…
The good the bad and the ugly of the Autumn Statement
By Jonquil Lowe, Senior Economics lecturer, personal finance Leaks in the run-up to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement primed us all to expect the worst, but his…
OpenLearn marks UK Parliament Week with new ‘social change’ course
If you want to know how to make political and social change then The Open University’s OpenLearn platform has the answer. In celebration of the annual…
Rumour Has It… that Adele wants to take on a distance-learning degree
Singing superstar Adele caused a flurry of interest recently when she admitted she has dreams of studying for a distance-learning degree in English Literature when her…
Academic opinion: So why is it that we like being scared?
Philosophers have puzzled for years why we sit through films that make us scream in terror yet have us laughing moments later. With Hallowe’en just around…
Expert comment on Mr Sunak’s first few days as PM
Dr Richard Heffernan is a Reader in Government who specialises in British politics at The Open University. Here he gives his opinion on the new Prime…
