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Childbirth and parenthood: Contains Strong Language Festival
From the forceps inventor Peter Chamberlen to letters written by Queen Victoria about giving birth saying ‘Dearest Albert hardly left me at all, & wa…
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Betty Miller and Marghanita Laski
Rejected by her usual publisher, Farewell Leicester Square is a novel by Betty Miller, written in 1935, exploring antisemitism, Jewishness and "marry…
2 years, 7 months ago
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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago