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Writing and Place: The North-East
Jessica Andrews grew up in Sunderland and has written two novels - Saltwater and Milk Teeth. Jake Morris-Campbell still lives in his native South Shi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Writing and Place: Northern Ireland
Small town life in Northern Ireland is the focus of this conversation about writing and place. Since his debut Divorcing Jack in 1994, Colin Bateman …
2 years, 5 months ago
Rock Follies
Rula Lenska was one of the stars of this 1970s TV series about a fictional female band, playing the role of Nancy "Q" Cunard de Longchamps, alongside…
2 years, 5 months ago
Oxford Philosophy
The influence of World War Two on philosophical thinking is the focus of today's discussion as Chris Harding explores the years when the University o…
2 years, 6 months ago
Childhood and play
How do children develop language and experiment with sounds? What toys help them develop? And, how they explain their games? As the Young V&A, previo…
2 years, 6 months ago
New Thinking: women and football
In 1897 women played American football in San Fransisco. Dr Katie Taylor, is a qualified coach who previously managed the Great Britain Men's Flag Fo…
2 years, 6 months ago
South Asia: poverty and princes
Joya Chatterji has written about the South Asian twentieth century in her new book called Shadows at Noon. Tripurdaman Singh has been researching Ind…
2 years, 6 months ago
Liverpool Biennial + art at MIF
The Sacred Return of Lost Things is the theme of this year's Art Biennial in Liverpool. Catherine Fletcher talks to some of the artists showing work …
2 years, 6 months ago
A lively Tudor world
Marrying someone based on a portrait was part of life in Renaissance Europe. An exhibition in Bath explores the politics of wedlock and painting - Ne…
2 years, 6 months ago
New Thinking: oral histories and the NHS
160 volunteers recorded over 2,400 interviews with over 1,200 people on their lived experience of the NHS - as patients, staff and members of the pub…
2 years, 6 months ago