The latest in UK News and World News from The Independent. Wide range of international and local news, sports news, commentary and opinion pieces.

Sci Show...Kind of like Crash Course, but all about the world and the crazy science behind it....

Crash Course is a series of 100+ ten minute lessons on History, Science and Society all told by the ever popular author and internet personality, John Green.

UK-based magazine, publishing articles and book reviews covering all types and periods of history. Discussion forum, organizations directory, encyclopedia...

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's leading research and training agency addressing economic and social concerns.

Website about news and events, restaurants and bars, happenings and goings-on in London.

Derelict London is an unusual photographic portrait (of over 2500  pics by Paul Talling) of the nations capital

Sport, the award-winning FREE weekly magazine. Check out our magazine content, take a look behind the scenes and enjoy all our favourite online stuff.

 

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YouTube EDU brings learners and educators together in a global video classroom. On YouTube EDU, you have access to a broad set of educational videos that range from academic lectures to inspirational speeches and everything in between.

Come here for quick lessons from top teachers around the world, course lectures from top-class universities or inspiring videos to spark your imagination.

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Expert advice with over 60,000FREE, professionally-produced how to videos and guides. We provide expert solutions & step-by-step advice.

UK Street Art aim to provide you with a destination to find out about what’s going on in UK galleries, on our streets and anywhere else in the world that our wealth of talented artists might have passed through.

Every day we feature the best information design and data visualization from the internet. If you share our love for data-filled illustrations, you’ve come to the right place. We spend countless hours searching the web for the most interesting, stimulating, mind-blowing infographics. We then curate our findings and choose one infographic to publish every week-day.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. We believe that musical and cultural diversity contributes to the vitality and quality of life throughout the world. Through the dissemination of audio recordings and educational materials we seek to strengthen people's engagement with their own cultural heritage and to enhance their awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of others.

Maths TV.com allows you to improve your maths skills by following video lectures posted online.

Created with the goal to provide the world with a free online school, CosmoLearning (CL) is an educational website committed to improving the quality of homeschooling, teaching and student excellence. Designed for educators and self-learners, organized according to traditional curriculum standards, CosmoLearning provides courses, video lectures, documentaries, images, books and other multimedia in dozens of subjects.

Coursera is an education company that partners with the top universities and organizations in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. Our technology enables our partners to teach millions of students rather than hundreds.
We envision a future where everyone has access to a world-class education that has so far been available to a select few. We aim to empower people with education that will improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in.

HighExistence is a community of conscious individuals centered around pondering, exploring & expanding this wondrous experience called life...Try the thirty 30 day challenges to improve your life...

Tofugu is a wonky Japanese language and culture blog but we help people to learn Japanese as well.

Connected Histories brings together a range of digital resources related to early modern and nineteenth century Britain with a single federated search that allows sophisticated searching of names, places and dates, as well as the ability to save, connect and share resources within a personal workspace. We have produced this short video guide to introduce you to the key features.

Check out a whole world of information presented in infographics

The Imperial War Museum has a wonderful archives section where you can gather a number of sources from various conflicts affecting Britain and the Commonwealth since 1914.  Material includes photographs, interviews, newspaper reports and film footage...

Great talks to stir your curiosity. Browse by subject, length, or rating (inspiring, jaw-dropping, funny…)

Architizer is a fantastic website for all those interested in a career in architecture or just buildings in general, showcasing many projects featuring cutting edge and classic exteriors as well as interiors.

A massive range of books in various languages are available to read online at the International Children's Digital Library.

"Calling itself the “social travel guide,” tripwolf combines travel tips from professional travel writers with community contributed content, offering more than 400,000 locations, city guides, personal recommendations and travel blogs. You can also ask “trip gurus” for very specific travel advice to find your favorite spots in any city."