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British Studies Links

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Courses in English

External links

Below are the links to the external websites. Language Centre takes no responsibility for the content of these websites.

General British Studies Sites / Culture / Education / Geography / History / Language / Media / Nation / Politics / Society

General British Studies Sites

• The British Library

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Culture

• BBC Online
• British Literature A useful first stop for basic information
• Channel 4
• ICA The Institute of Contemporary Arts
• The Internet Movie Database
• ITV
• London Theatre Guide Sensibly organised guide to what's on in London theatres
• S4C
• The Scottish Arts Council
• Theatre in Wales
• Theatre Net News and information about British theatre
• The Times Literary Supplement Free items include contemporary poems
• Sky Online
• What's on in Belfast
• What's Online: Cardiff
• What's on Stage Performing arts information service

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Education

• NUS online National Union of Students
• The Times Educational Supplement

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Geography

• Oxford Maps Links to maps of Oxford, the UK, and Europe, by Jonathan Bowen. In the Oxford University Computing Laboratory Archive

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History

• A Brief History of Scotland
• A Brief History of Wales
• CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet): an archive of information and source material on the 'Troubles' (in other words, the armed conflict over sovereignty) in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present
• Documents of British History From Britannia internet magazine. Well-organised selection of primary texts from British history, including, for example, Neville Chamberlain's 'Peace for our time' speech.
• History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents A chronological set of primary texts from British history from Brigham Young University
• The Institute of Historical Research The National Centre for History
• Timeline of British History From Britannia internet magazine. Offers a short account of British History to 1689

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Language

• Note: for English Language links, go to the Language Centre English page

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Media

If you can't find the media you want in the language you want, try our multilingual page

• The Belfast Telegraph
• The Daily Express
• The Daily Record and Sunday Mail
• The Daily Star
• The Financial Times
• The Guardian
• The Independent
• Irish News
• The Mirror Online
• Radio 5 Provides live webcasts of programmes
• The Scotsman
• The Daily Telegraph You need to register, but it's free
• The Times and The Sunday Times You need to register, but they're free

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Nation

• The British Monarchy The offical website of the monarchy in Britain
• The Commonwealth Online
• The Scottish Office

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Politics

• BBC Parliament Daily TV roundups of UK parliamentary matters in RealVideo, often with live coverage
• CBI The Confederation of British Industry
• The Conservative Party
• Labour Left Briefing The unofficial voice of the Labour Party left. Well-organised page with lots of lively commentary and links to other useful sites
• The Labour Party
• The Liberal Democrats
• The United Kingdom Parliament
• The New Northern Ireland Assembly
• TUC The Trades Union Congress. Not a well-designed site
• UK Official Publications on the Internet Office of Public Sector Information. Includes, for example, Acts of Parliament

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Society

• Age Concern The National Council on Aging
• Britannia Internet Magazine Commentary on British issues including tourism, history, news, science, technology, education, politics and the arts
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Disability Now Newspaper for those with an interest in disability. Includes a list of useful web links
• Equal Opportunities Commission
• Laganside An urban regeneration programme in Northern Ireland
• Northern Ireland Public Service Web Links to lots of government agencies for Northern Ireland
• Stonewall National civil rights group working for equality for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals

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