More ideas cultural and educational, April 2020
All this time at home is a great chance to use online resources to expand your horizons beyond Nottingham. There is a world out there to explore.
THEATRE
National theatre YouTube- Thursday 7pm live theatre event. First today- James Corden in One Man Two Guvnors.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw
Shakespeare’s Globe theatre are making many productions available for free. Watch performances here staged in the original style…a rare opportunity to see these plays for free.
Watch Royal Shakespeare plays here-
https://www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources/online-performances
Opera
Never watched an opera? Now is a great time to start.
The Met Opera in New York have nightly broadcasts of World-class performances
https://www.metopera.org/nightly-opera-stream/
Ballet
Watch a Ballet Every Friday at 7pm a full-length ballet will be broadcast by the Royal Opera House
https://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalOperaHouse
Peter and the wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF8iuOW7BwA
ART AND MUSEUMS
Radio 4 Moving pictures- this allows you to look at great paintings in depth using the images from google arts and culture
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4dVJnMrh1L9DrscgYkYCTtx/zooming-in-on-art
https://artsandculture.google.com/
National gallery- YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/nationalgallerylondon
Lots of online exhibitions and talks to enjoy.
Here is one on Art and hip hop at The Tate
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/podcasts/art-hip-hop
And at Nottingham’s own Contemporary gallery
https://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/whats-on/denzil-forrester-itchin-scratchin/
British Museum
https://www.youtube.com/user/britishmuseum
Museum of Modern Art – New York City
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/moma-the-museum-of-modern-art?hl=en
Other academic ideas
Interested in Medicine
Check out this website for insights into becoming a Doctor- incluinh Test questins and interview advice.
https://www.themedicportal.com
Interested in Engineering
Both of these websites give practical advice and lots of questions and challenges to work through.
https://i-want-to-study-engineering.org/
https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/engineer-stories.html
Learn a new language for free with – try something new like Latin or Swedish!
Duolingo app
Want to learn to manage your money better? Try this free course
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=67802
Free audio books
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Great literature for free
https://readgreatliterature.com/how-to-find-great-literature-online-for-free/
