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Landmark: Susan Sontag's Against Interpretation
Lauren Elkin, Lisa Appignanesi and biographer Ben Moser debate Susan Sontag's life and ideas with presenter Laurence Scott, focusing in on her 1966 e…
6 years, 7 months ago
Tolerance, censorship and free speech.
Moral philosopher Susan Neiman studies lessons from German & US history. Ursula Owen went from Virago to Index on Censorship. Christopher Hampton has…
6 years, 7 months ago
New Thinking: Fashion, AI and Sustainability
Should we be renting our clothes instead of buying new ? Plus how robots are influencing the colour of our fashions. Mark Sumner and Stephen Westlan…
6 years, 7 months ago
Proms Plus: Witches & Witchcraft
Witchcraft, witch-trials and the image of the witch are explored by historian Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr Thomas Waters. Hosted by New Generat…
6 years, 7 months ago
Revisit Anxiety, Teenagers, University and Leaving Home
Caroline Dower is a psychotherapist and currently Head of the Counselling Service at Durham University. She has a special interest in the experience …
6 years, 7 months ago
Proms Plus: Letters
The best selling thriller writer, Ruth Ware and the editor of the popular Letters of Note anthologies, Shaun Usher, join Sophie Coulombeau to discuss…
6 years, 7 months ago
Proms Plus: Sacrifice
Why the bible story of Jephtha caused more controversy than your average burnt offering. Reverend Richard Coles and Old Testament scholar Dr Deborah…
6 years, 7 months ago
Proms Plus: Landscape
Writer and broadcaster, Horatio Clare and the rapper and playwright, Testament join Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough to explore the ways in which the Bri…
6 years, 7 months ago
Proms Plus: Nina Simone's life and legacy
Nina Simone - singer, pianist, civil rights activist and black feminist icon -- Kevin Legendre, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Zena Edwards discuss her a…
6 years, 8 months ago
Proms Plus: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Presenter Seán Williams discusses Beethoven the man and. Through a series of readings we learn what inspired the composer’s work.
6 years, 8 months ago