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Notebooks and new technology
Novelist Jonathan Coe joins book historians Roland Allen, Prof Lesley Smith and Dr Gill Partington and presenter Lisa Mullen. As Radio 3’s Late Junct…
2 years, 3 months ago
Why go into space?
From Cold War triumphalism to wanting to secure the future of humanity, people have given many reasons for wanting to go into space. Christopher Hard…
2 years, 3 months ago
Black Atlantic
In 1816, Richard Fitzwilliam donated money, literature and art to the University of Cambridge, and the museum which bears his name began. A research …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Red Shoes
The dancer Moira Shearer starred in the 1948 film written, directed, and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger which reworks a Hans Chris…
2 years, 3 months ago
Queer history, new narrative in San Fransisco
New narrative was a way of mixing philosophical and literary theory with writing about the body and pop culture. It was promoted by a group of writer…
2 years, 3 months ago
Wolfson Prize 2023
Six historians have been shortlisted for the 2023 history writing prize which has been awarded for over fifty years. Rana Mitter has been talking to …
2 years, 4 months ago
Writing and Place: The Cairngorms
The Cairngorms National Park has inspired writing by Merryn Glover, whose books include The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd. Wri…
2 years, 4 months ago
Writing and Place: Cornwall
The coastline of Cornwall and its communities are the subject of a non fiction book called The Draw of the Sea by Wyl Menmuir. He joins writer Natash…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Black Country past and present
In The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens portrayed The Black Country as a polluted hellscape where little Nell sickens and dies. So popular was the…
2 years, 4 months ago
Depicting AIDS in Drama
Russell T. Davies is joined by his friend and author of Love from the Pink Palace, Jill Nalder to discuss their importance in one another’s lives, th…
2 years, 4 months ago