The history issues investigated by The Big Question so far have been:

12-06-04 What is history?
19-06-04 Can we trust history?
26-06-04 Iraq: Is history repeating itself?

Also on Open2.net
Civil War - relive the times when Britain executed its King and became a Commonwealth
Mark Steel Lectures - the surprising lives of some of the people who shaped history
Renaissance Secrets - explore some of the mysteries of the Italian rebirth
The Romans in Britain - What happened to the United Kingdom under military occupation?
What The Industrial Revolution Did For Us - as Britain shifted from an agrarian culture to the towns, how did the nature of the nation change?

Courses
If you'd like to take your interest in the sort of subjects discussed on The Big Question further, the Open University might have a course for you - regardless of where you live. Many OU courses are available worldwide, making use of the web, email and electronic conferencing. The exact range of courses available to you will depend on the country in which you live.

To make a first step in arts subjects, there's living arts. It's a great way to build an understanding of the key concepts in arts and humanities subjects, through the study of everything from Dickens to The Beatles.

There's also Introduction to the Humanities, a lively and varied grounding in the eight disciplines in the Arts Faculty: art history, literature, music, philosophy, classical studies, history, religious studies and history of science.