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The Rossettis and Walter Pater
What is that people hate about the Pre-Raphaelites? From the 19th century to the present day their detractors have been remarkably consistent in the …
3 years ago
Introducing New Generation Thinkers 2023
From lessons in civility learnt playing French board game to the value of babbling by babies in speech development, a history of central heating to t…
3 years ago
Charles Babbage and broadcasting the sea
The noisy Victorian world annoyed the mathematician, philosopher and inventor Charles Babbage, who came up with the idea of a programmable computer. …
3 years ago
Translating Cultures
Composer Alex Ho, novelist Xiaolu Guo, curator George Young and director Anthony Lau join Rana Mitter to discuss a Cinderella story Ye Xian which has…
3 years ago
East Germany
Katja Hoyer and Karen Leeder join Anne McElvoy to discuss new histories of East Germany, stories depicting life in the state which have recently been…
3 years ago
The culture of Albania
Lea Ypi, author of a memoir entitled Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, joins Matthew Sweet to explore the history and culture of Albania - i…
3 years, 1 month ago
New Thinking: AI, feminism, human/machines
What ethical questions arise from new human-machine relations as we are increasingly asked, as citizens and workers, to collaborate with AI systems?…
3 years, 1 month ago
Busking and Billy Waters
Billy Waters became a celebrity in early 19th century London as a talented street performer. New Generation Thinker Oskar Jensen and Mary L. Shannon …
3 years, 1 month ago
The wicked? stepmother
Cinderella is opening in a new ballet production at the Royal Opera House and Mothering Sunday is coming up so Matthew Sweet is joined by New Generat…
3 years, 1 month ago
Decadent Art
A Persian epic depicted in The Yellow Book which Aubrey Beardsley was art editor for, Iranian figures on the French operatic stage and Rudyard Kiplin…
3 years, 1 month ago