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Rediscovering Ancient Greek Music (2017)
First choral performance with reconstructed aulos of reconstructed ancient scores of Athenaeus Paean (127 BC) and Euripides Orestes chorus (408 BC), with the evidence presented and explained by Professor Armand D’Angour, Jesus College Oxford. Some of the research background explained … Continue reading
The Surprisingly Interesting Story Behind Strawberry Fields Forever
In this video: The Beatles’ 1967 hit “Strawberry Fields Forever” has long been considered one of the greatest pop songs ever recorded. Released in February of that year as a double A side single along with Penny Lane, the song … Continue reading
Manchester. Lost Waterways, Mills & Old Halls. Medlock Episode V
Martin Zero Published on 14 Sep 2018 In this video we look at the hidden history around Manchester’s River Medlock. We go urban exploring. We have a historical tour around the Ancoats area and look at the cotton mills Murray … Continue reading
Why scientists are still fascinated by Phineas Gage
Phineas Gage is considered to be Patient Zero for traumatic brain injury. The story of Gage at the time was that his damaged brain rendered him a different, monstrous person. This wasn’t true. Recent studies demonstrate that an injured brain … Continue reading
Rhythmic Uprising – Chapter 7, Dida
Rhythmic Uprising is a documentary that shows how vibrant Afro-Brazilian performing arts are used to fight racism, social exclusion, and poverty in Bahia, Brazil. The film outlines the transformative powers of a large movement of community cultural projects that make … Continue reading
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Manchester Baby: world’s first stored program computer
This video was produced by Google as a tribute to the “Manchester Baby”—the first computer to run a program electronically stored in its memory. This was a flagship moment, described by some as the “birth of software”. To find out … Continue reading
Rhythm Necklaces
Note: Please wear headphones to hear all of the effects presented here. This project explores auditory perception as related to Euclidean algorithms, the mathematical properties of which are useful in fields as varied as crystallography and radio astronomy. These algorithms … Continue reading
The Hidden History of Manchester’s River Medlock IV
In this video we are following Manchester’s River Medlock through Holt Town the Location of Manchester’s first Mill Colony similar to Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire. We look at other oddities such as some steps that featured in Shelagh Delaney’s … Continue reading
2 – Manchester / Salford History Timelapse – Various building’s 2 – Old Streets – Time Travel
Various animations of streets and buildings in Manchester and Salford showing how they once looked.
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