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  1. Mathematical Skyline, The (2017)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Talk by Simon Salamon, Professor in Geometry at Kings College, London. The study of perspective in art has led to a branch of mathematics called projective geometry, which addresses the relationship between...

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  2. Mountain (2017)

    Director
    Jennifer Peedom
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £5.99

    An exploration of humanity obsession with mountains. Only three centuries ago, climbing a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. The idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any...

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  3. Made in Wolverhampton (2013)

    aka: Made in Wolverhampton: A Film by Adam Kossoff

    Director
    Adam Kossoff
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 74 minutes), £15.00

    Taking an essayistic form, Adam Kossoff’s film explores the identity and the changing nature of space in an English post-industrial city. Based on the discoveries of the city by a flâneur, the film...

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  4. Placing the Author: Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove Cottage/ The Poets of Harlem (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £12.00

    This video, taken from the Open University’s A230 Reading and Studying module, looks at how landscapes and communities have influenced some of our most famous poetry. From William Wordsworth’s Daffodils...

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  5. Patience (After Sebald) (2011)

    Director
    Grant Gee
    Subject
    History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 86 minutes), £15.99

    Film essay based on the work and life of German writer W.G. Sebald, with particular reference to his book The Rings of Saturn, a melancholy and atmospheric account of a walking tour of Suffolk, in which...

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  6. British Artists’ Films: Chris Welsby (2006)

    Subject
    Art; Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 161 minutes), £14.99

    This video focuses on the work of film and installation artist Chris Welsby. It includes works from the different stages in his career, tracing his development as an artist from his early critical responses...

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  7. Picture of Britain, A (2005)

    Subject
    Art; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), 24.99

    A series of six programmes in which David Dimbleby tours Britain, exploring artistic response to the landscape and contemplating subjects such as travel, nationhood and romantic yearning. Individual...

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  8. In Search of Classic Authors (2005 Video)

    Subject
    Geography; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 165 minutes), £11.99

    Explores the countryside which inspired three of England’s greatest writers: Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and William Shakespeare.

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  9. Wordsworth’s Spots of Time (2003)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 57 minutes), £29.99 (inclusive)

    William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a key figure in the English Romantic movement. His ideas about language revolutionised modern definitions of poetry and his love of nature helped to shape the modern...

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  10. Visions in Verse: Dartmoor (2003)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 35 minutes), £9.99

    A celebration of the heritage and landscape of Dartmoor through poetry, narration, music and cinematography. Fifteen newly commissioned poems from members of the public, filmed on the moor in the locations...

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