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Among the Ancients: Aristophanes
Season 5 Episode 6
In their sixth episode of Among the Ancients, Emily and Tom discuss the comedies of Aristophanes, in particular Clouds and Lysistrata. How did an Ari…
2 years, 11 months ago
Medieval Beginnings: Le Roman de Silence
Season 4 Episode 6
For the sixth episode in their Medieval Beginnings series, Mary and Irina go full Romance with one of the most elaborate and surprising narrative poe…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Long and Short: Hart Crane's 'The Bridge'
Season 6 Episode 5
In their fifth episode, Mark and Seamus reach their first 20th century poet of the series, the Ohio-born, New York-loving ad man Hart Crane, and his …
3 years ago
Among the Ancients: Euripides
Season 5 Episode 5
Euripides was the youngest of the fifth-century Athenian tragedians, and is often described as the most radical. But how daring was he? How far did h…
3 years ago
Medieval Beginnings: The Lais of Marie de France
Season 4 Episode 5
If a Middle Ages full of castles, jousts, hawking, illicit love affairs and playful singing in the meadows is what you’re looking for, then look no f…
3 years ago
The Long and Short: Katherine Mansfield's short stories
Season 6 Episode 4
In episode four of The Long and Short, Mark and Seamus turn to the squarely modernist Katherine Mansfield, whose writing famously attracted the envy …
3 years, 1 month ago
Among the Ancients: Sophocles
Season 5 Episode 4
In the fourth episode of Among the Ancients, Emily and Tom ask: what was it like to go to the theatre in Athens in 468 BC? And how far do modern idea…
3 years, 1 month ago
Medieval Beginnings: The Ancrene Wisse
Season 4 Episode 4
In the fourth episode of Medieval Beginnings, Mary and Irina climb inside a tiny cell to explore the Ancrene Wisse, a guidebook written in the early …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Long and Short: Henry James's short stories
Season 6 Episode 3
The third episode of The Long and Short turns to the short stories of Henry James. Mark and Seamus look in particular at ‘The Aspern Papers’, which, …
3 years, 2 months ago
Among the Ancients: Sappho
Season 5 Episode 3
In the third episode of Among the Ancients, Emily and Tom move from epic to lyric, with the poems of Sappho, or what remains of them. They consider w…
3 years, 2 months ago