Podcast Episodes

Nikola Tesla

Liza Tarbuck on engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla

8 years, 4 months ago

Justin Marozzi on Herodotus

Herodotus - father of history or father of lies?

Matthew Parris introduces a sparky discussion about a writer whose achievements include a nine book …

8 years, 4 months ago

Hertha Ayrton

Helen Arney is a self-confessed science nerd, stand-up entertainer, and once nicknamed a "geek songstress".

Matthew Parris discovers why she's chosen…

8 years, 5 months ago

Nazir Afzal on Gandhi

Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir Afzal was responsible for convicting the men who sexually abused young girls in Rochdale.

M…

8 years, 5 months ago

Louise Richardson on Daniel O'Connell

On a field outside Dublin, Daniel O'Connell met and shot a former royal marine in a duel.

John d'Esterre had been outraged when O'Connell, the later h…

8 years, 5 months ago

Cornelia Parker on Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp - the father of conceptual art, and responsible for that famously provocative urinal signed 'R Mutt, 1917' - is the great life choic…

8 years, 5 months ago

Will Gregory on Flann O'Brien

Goldfrapp's Will Gregory is centre-stage at the Colston Hall in Bristol to tell Matthew Parris why he feels a kinship with Flann O'Brien.

The Irish wr…

8 years, 5 months ago

Helena Morrissey on Rachael Heyhoe Flint

City boss Dame Helena Morrissey champions the life of Rachael Heyhoe Flint, the pioneer of women's cricket.

Regarded as a ground breaker, Baroness Hey…

8 years, 8 months ago

Andrea Catherwood on Constance Markievicz

Constance Markievicz led an amazing life - a leading figure during the Easter Rising of 1916, she was the first woman elected to Parliament though sh…

8 years, 8 months ago

Nicholas Stern on Muhammad Ali

Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, among other positions, and former Chief Economist…

8 years, 8 months ago