I have now registered to begin my first ever course with the Open University. As of the 2nd of October I will once again be a student when I begin AA100 – The arts past and present.
The intention is for this to eventually lead to a BA (Honours) in History, although that’s a fair distance away but I have to start somewhere!
Interesting article over on Six Revisions on the history of the internet.
Well worth a read.
Loving the celebratory Google logo on google.de to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the demise of the Berlin Wall.
On November the 9th, 1989, the Berlin Wall was finally breached, with travel restrictions removed, thousands of East Berliners poured across the border and into the West. Today marks the 20th anniversary of this historic moment which Berlin is celebrating.
As a youngster, I’ve always had an interest in history, obtaining an A grade in my Irish Intermediate Certificate (now called the Junior Certificate and roughly equivalent to British GCSEs), my study for the exam being to sit down and read both my Irish history books from start to finish, and was bitterly disappointed that I was unable to study the subject for my Leaving Certificate (again roughly equivalent to Britain’s A-Levels) due to subject choices (I wanted to study Physics as an aid to doing a degree in computers and the choice was one of Physics, History or Business Organisation).