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Mould-Breaking Writing
From surrealism and science fiction to inspiration drawn from historic objects in stately homes and the painting of Francis Bacon: Shahidha Bari host…
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When Shakespeare Travelled with Me
April 1916. By the Nile, the foremost poets of the Middle East are arguing about Shakespeare. In 2004, Egyptian singer Essam Karika released his urba…
5 years, 1 month ago
Leadership & authority
From Tudor courts to plantations to the Arab Spring and modern political philosophy: a debate in partnership with Bristol Festival of Ideas hosted by…
5 years, 1 month ago
Politician and Pioneer
The colourful life of Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh overturns everything we think we know about disabled people’s lives in the 19th century. Born witho…
5 years, 1 month ago
Beastly Politics
From pension schemes for police force dogs to political rights - can other animals be regarded as members of our democratic communities, with rights …
5 years, 1 month ago
Bedrooms
From sleeping space to work space? Matthew Sweet is joined by historian of emotions Tiffany Watt Smith, expert on the suffragettes and a history of s…
5 years, 1 month ago
Byron, celebrity and fan mail
Corin Throsby looks at the extraordinary fan mail received by the poet Lord Byron. The New Generation Thinkers scheme is ten years old in 2020. Joint…
5 years, 1 month ago
Should biographers imitate their subjects?
Would you don a diving suit or take a drug in a quest to understand the life of someone else? "Following in the footsteps" is an obsession for biogra…
5 years, 1 month ago
Democracy, Hong Kong and USA
Democracy, Hong Kong and USA Free Thinking
Hong Kong has seen elections postponed, pro-democracy protesters arrested and a sweeping new national secur…
5 years, 1 month ago
Helen Mort and Blake Morrison, Oulipo
Teaching writing - mentors Helen Mort and Blake Morrison compare notes. Plus as Georges Perec's memoir I Remember is published in English for the fir…
5 years, 1 month ago