Curated Video
Vocabulary for Super Amazing and Black Friday Deals: IELTS Energy Bonus
Learn Band 9 IELTS adjectives for 'amazing' and get invited onto a Black Friday mystery list!
Curated Video
Empress Matilda part 16: Henry II, King of England
Matilda returned to Normandy, where her husband had become the Duke and she the Duchess, taking the lands from Stephen. As Stephen grew older and support for him was waning, Henry of Anjou's claim to the throne grew stronger. Henry was...
Poetry Foundation
Raych Jackson reads "Church Girl Learns to Pray Again"
Raych Jackson reads her poem, "Church Girl Learns to Pray Again
Food Farmer Earth
Bridging the Gap: Turning Food Waste into Nutritional Opportunities
The monumental issue of food waste in the United States is spotlighted, underscoring the environmental impact of methane gas from landfills and the missed opportunities to feed those in need. Advocating for a shift in societal...
Mr. Beat
Engel v. Vitale
In the third episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat examines the first of many Supreme Court cases dealing with the separation of church and state- Engel v. Vitale. The state board of education said that students were to open each day...
Two Minute Music Theory
Music And The Protestant Reformation - Part I: Germany
What does a German monk, a Roman Pope, and a Spanish Emperor have to do with music history? Today we look at the events that surrounded 15th and 16th Century German music - particularly that of Martin Luther and the Protestant...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Hamlet - Context
Watch this video to learn about Shakespeare’s fascinating world, and its influence on the play Hamlet. Watch the Elizabethan era come to life and come to a deeper understanding of Renaissance humanism, the genre of revenge tragedy,...
Curated Video
10 things we never knew about Aretha Franklin
Multiple Grammy winner and "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin was known for such hits as "Respect," "Freeway of Love" and "I Say a Little Prayer." The fourth of five children, Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
INET President: Rebuilding A Moral Economics
Rob Johnson kicks off INET's "Reawakening" conference with his take on how economists can win back the trust of a world that has rejected experts Introducing #INET2017, our "Reawakening" conference in Edinburgh, INET President Rob...
The March of Time
1950: BEAULIEU: DORDOGNE VALLEY: VS Facade of Beaulieu church building w/ sculptures depicting the Last Judgment. INT VS People at religious procession, priest at altar performing rituals, female playing piano. EXT WS Belcastel Church & valley.
MOT 1950: BEAULIEU: DORDOGNE VALLEY: VS Facade of Beaulieu church building w/ sculptures depicting the Last Judgment. INT VS People at religious procession, priest at altar performing rituals, female playing piano. EXT WS Belcastel...
Intelligence Squared
Stephen Fry: The Catholic church are obsessed with sex
Stephen Fry speaks against the motion 'The Catholic Church is a Force for Good '.
Jabzy
Dissenters - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Dissenters
Kult America
Nowa Huta at Night
Nowa Huta has the reputation of a brutal and dangerous place filled with hooligans and criminals. Though in reality there are indeed a few undesirable 'elements' most people living there are hard working, educated, and friendly. I...
Curated Video
Portugal, Alcobaca Monastery
The Alcobaca Monastery is one of the first foundations of the Cistercian Order in Portugal. It was founded in 1153 as a gift to Bernard of Clairvaux, shortly before his death, from the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, to...
The March of Time
Vatican newspaper, radio
MOT 1940: VATICAN CITY: Newspaper press running priest checking paper Editor checking (L' Osservatore Romano) CU Newspaper. Radio tower. Priest inside radio building. Crucifix on wall. Priest at desk w/ radio mic reading script on...
The March of Time
Mass celebrated in cave
MOT 1935: MEXICAN CATHOLICS WORSHIP IN SECRET: Truck on remote mountain road. Mass being celebrated in cave. People praying priest praying blessing people leaving cave church. 'May the Lord bless & keep you....shine upon you.'
The March of Time
New tithe Bill, people in streets talking
MOT 1936: LONDON ENGLAND: Houses of Parliament w/ Thames River FG. CU 'New' Tithe Bill. XCU Bill. VS People talking on streets. Tithe Committee meeting (Roseveare Kedward others).
The March of Time
MOT: 1938:Nazi Propaganda
Nazi antisemitic Propaganda literature, children in school learning from antisemetic books.
Curated Video
Political and Personal Struggle in Francisco Goya's Paintings
In the early 1800s, the French invaded Spain and overthrew Ferdinand VII. Goya initially supported the French invasion, hoping they would restore democracy and end the inquisition but the reality of living through war affected Goya...
Curated Video
Caravaggio's Taking of Christ: Great Art Explained
The Taking of Christ is a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The subject is the moment that the son of God is betrayed with a kiss, and arrested in the garden of Gethsemane. Caravaggio’s approach to religious art was shocking...
The March of Time
1950: ROME: VS EXT Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano). INT His Eminence Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman carrying Christian Cross followed by Pilgrims w/ American flag walking in basilica. (too dark)
MOT 1950: ROME: VS EXT Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano). INT His Eminence Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman carrying Christian Cross followed by Pilgrims w/ American flag walking in...
Kult America
Pyromania Monastery Zagorz
The monastery was built in around 1739 from local sandstone but only thirty three years later it was burned to the ground, It was rebuilt but it never regained anything like its former glory. Another fire in 1822 destroyed the roof and...
Curated Video
Idioms and IELTS Speaking are a Match Made in Heaven: IELTS Podcast 1110
Get Band 8 vocabulary and a sample Part 2 answer all about weddings for your next IELTS Speaking Exam.