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What Makes a Good Lecture?
From Aristotle to TED talks: Mary Beard, Homi Bhabha and Seán Williams with Shahidha Bari
What Makes a Good Lecture?
Ted talks, zoom and lectures :Mary Beard, Homi Bhabha and Seán Williams join Shahidha Bari
Yiddish and Rotwelsch Languages, Nazi France
Michael Rosen and Martin Puchner talk to Matthew Sweet about languages, codes and secrecy.
Yiddish and Rotwelsch, Nazi France
Michael Rosen and Martin Puchner talk to Matthew Sweet about a lost language of the road
Food, the Environment and Richard Flanagan
Bush fires in novelist Richard Flanagan's new book, and Anne McElvoy looks at veganism.
Food, The Environment & Richard Flanagan
How food impacts on the environment; Richard Flanagan on his novel about a dying planet
John Rawls's A Theory of Justice
Anne McElvoy and guests re-read this 1971 work of political philosophy about inequality.
John Rawls's A Theory of Justice
The lasting impact of John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice on philosophy and politics.
James Baldwin and Race in the USA
Rana Mitter and guests re-read James Baldwin as a new US president is inaugurated.
James Baldwin and race in USA
Rana Mitter & guests re-read James Baldwin's writing as a new US President is inaugurated
