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Back to SearchDebate: Queen Elizabeth I vs Queen Victoria
Season 1 Episode 1014
Both Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria set their stamp firmly on their era but which was the greater monarch? In this event, recorded in 2017, we …
2 years, 8 months ago
Yotam Ottolenghi: How I Found My Voice
Season 1 Episode 1013
Samira Ahmed speaks to the chef Yotam Ottolenghi, who has arguably done more than any other food writer in recent times to change the way we cook and…
2 years, 8 months ago
Power, Play, Sex And Food: An Alternative History of Rome
Season 1 Episode 1012
The annals of ancient Rome’s first emperors have been recounted countless times. However, in his new book, Palatine: An Alternative History of the Ca…
2 years, 8 months ago
Tayari Jones: How I Found My Voice
Season 1 Episode 1011
Samira Ahmed speaks to the novelist and author of An American Marriage, Tayari Jones. They speak about her life and career from growing up in Atlanta…
2 years, 8 months ago
Debate: Old Testament vs New Testament
Season 1 Episode 1010
Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, Moses and the Ten Commandments, the parting of the Red Sea. These are a few of the stories from the Old Testament. And then…
2 years, 8 months ago
Energised: Rethinking the Grid
Season 1 Episode 1009
Expanding our global electricity networks is the key to unlocking a renewable future. In the US alone, the electric grid will need to expand by at le…
2 years, 8 months ago
Cats vs Dogs, with John Gray and Will Self, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 1008
This is the second part of a two-part episode. It’s the issue that’s more polarising than politics. The world is full of animal lovers but we can’t a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Cats vs Dogs, with John Gray and Will Self, Part 1
Season 1 Episode 1007
It’s the issue that’s more polarising than politics. The world is full of animal lovers but we can’t agree on which pet is more worthy of our love – …
2 years, 8 months ago
Food for Thought: How Nutrition Affects Our Minds
Season 1 Episode 1006
Distinguished psychologist Kimberley Wilson's recent book is Unprocessed: How the Food We Eat Is Fuelling Our Mental Health Crisis. In it, she explor…
2 years, 8 months ago
Dickens vs Tolstoy: The Battle Of The Great 19th-century Novelists PART 2
Season 1 Episode 1004
This is the second instalment of a three-part episode. Dickens. Tolstoy. Their names and reputations shake the ground – and so do their books, if you…
2 years, 8 months ago