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The 1920s - Philosophy's Golden Age
Wittgenstein changed his mind, Heidegger revolutionised philosophy (and the German language), and both the Frankfurt School and the Vienna Circle wer…
5 years, 4 months ago
Times of Change
Jared Diamond, Camilla Townsend, Tom Holland and Emma Griffin talk to Rana Mitter. What lessons for the pandemic are there in looking back at times o…
5 years, 4 months ago
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…
5 years, 4 months ago
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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months ago