Not long ago, in Welsh schools, the pupils weren’t allowed to speak their native language, Welsh! There was no choice but to learn English. In the Victorian classroom, learning is dull and repetitive, but today’s lesson is not going exactly as the teacher has planned.

The English language has changed in many ways over the centuries, but the internet has changed it in just a few decades. Why use a whole sentence when an abbreviation will do?

After Victoria became Queen, English children’s names became really weird. A girl called Never… a boy called Toilet… For one poor teacher, taking the class register is almost impossible!

Some of the schools in Georgian England were very rough places! In this video, a prospective pupil and his parents get caught up in a full-scale schoolboy rebellion while on a tour with the headmaster. They even encounter flying masonry and gunfire!

The city of Oxford is home to some 150,000 residents and a famous seat of learning, the oldest English-speaking university in the world. Although the exact date of its founding isn't known, it is said that local priests and monks were first taught in monastery schools in the area in the eleventh century.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche questioned the ability of science to explain and give meaning to our world, daring us to think critically not only about religion, but science, and knowledge itself. Learn all about his ideas in this fun video inspired by vintage video games.

Plato is considered one of Philosophy’s greatest writers. He was able to conceive of greater realities by imagining how much poorer our perception would be if we had lived our whole life as prisoners locked in a cave.

Andy Beem (Windsports, CA) and Billy Vaughn (Kitty Hawk Kites, NC) talk about flying 1895 Lilienthal and the 1902 Wright glider replicas, and engaging with the history of human flight on a tactile level.

The trolley problem is a classic thought experiment in moral philosophy. Is sacrificing one life to save the lives of many others the best possible outcome?

In the middle of Manhattan, there is an ancient Egyptian monument with carved hieroglyphics. John informs us of its vital statistics and lasting significance.

Are you interested in aviation? Here's the first chapter of a documentary about the invention of the airplane entitled Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention.