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  1. Interview with Peter Carey (2000)

    Subject
    Literature

    The website gives a printed version of an interview between Cathy Border and Peter Carey, held at the Brisbane Irish Club on 18 October 2000. Carey’s replies to some of the questions about his book ‘The...

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  2. Peter Carey Reading from ‘The True History of the Kelly Gang’ (2000)

    Subject
    Literature

    Streamed audio of Peter Carey reading extracts of his book, ‘The True History of the Kelly Gang’ at the Brisbane Irish Club on 18 October 2000.

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  3. Gambler’s Guide to Winning, The (1991 Video)

    Director
    Julian Nott
    Producer
    Carey Barraclough
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00 Academy 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) retail

    Using computer technology, a group of mathematicians have devised gambling strategies. Interviews casino bosses, hopeful gamblers and the professors.

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  4. Beyond Genetics (2016)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes), £25.00

    This three part film, which features contributions from Dr Nessa Carey and Dr Guy Sutton, looks at recent developments in the field of epigenetics, in order to demonstrate that the way genes work is in fact...

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  5. Simon Schama’s John Donne (2009)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

    Simon Schama celebrates the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest love poets, John Donne. For Schama, Donne is the poet who transformed English poetry through his emotional honesty and skilled use of...

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  6. Imposter, The (2013)

    Director
    Bart Layton
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £15.99

    Documentary, featuring dramatised sections, telling the story of French-Algerian Frédéric Bourdin, who convinced the Barclay family from Antonio Texas, that he was in fact their son Nicholas, who had...

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  7. Predicting Personality (2002)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Free streamed access on Vega website Online, 35 min.

    The panel, chaired by Colin Blakemore and consisting of John Carey, Jeffrey Gray, Peter McGuffin and Mike Maier, discuss to what extent personality is dictated by our genetic makeup. Groundbreaking new...

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  8. Beast with Two Backs, A (2015)

    Director
    Lionel Harris
    Producer
    Patrick Barr (3)
    Subject
    Drama

    Dennis Potter’s television drama. The story tells of an Italian showman and his dancing bear arriving in the neighbourhood at the same time a violent attack occurs. The scapegoats are the bear and a...

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  9. Knife to the Heart (4 Parts) (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Stark
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series looking at the history of transplant surgery. 1: Tells how surgeons worked for over half a century beforethey discovered how to transplant a human organ, with many of the early patients dying withing...

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  10. Redemption Song (7 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Jenny Barraclough; George Carey
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £280.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants. 1: The diary of slaver Thomas Thistlewood provides a view of the British in the Caribbean...

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