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Reformation: Losing Silence—Talking about Silence
4/5 Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how the Reformation rewrote Christian silence.
In a Monastery Garden—Talking about Silence
3/5 Diarmaid MacCulloch takes us inside the spiritual homes of Christian silence.
The Wild Track—Talking about Silence
2/5 Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the 'wild track' of Christian silences.
An Invitation to Silence—Talking about Silence
1/5 Diarmaid MacCulloch introduces us to the theme of spiritual silence.
Moor—EarthWorks
5/15 High on Exmoor, archaeologist Rose Ferraby reflects on past change and the future.
Island—EarthWorks
4/15 Rose Ferraby finds signs that Scotland’s Western Isles were once far from remote.
Mountain—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby goes in search of a Neolithic axe quarry in the Lake District.
Fen—EarthWorks
2/15 Archaeologist Rose Ferraby digs into the peat of the Fens to unearth tales of change.
Wold—EarthWorks
1/15 Archaeologist Rose Ferraby discovers the human past in the chalk of the Yorkshire Wolds.
Tom Shakespeare on J.R.R. Tolkien—Ways of Being
Tom Shakespeare explores his relationship with J.R.R. Tolkien's characters.
