BBC Radio 4 - Human Intelligence

Ovid—Exiles

Ovid was Rome’s funniest, wittiest poet. How was his mind shaped by exile?

How did exile enable a self-taught intellectual and proto-feminist to do her best work?

Marie Curie had to go into exile to do her work, but she never forgot where she came from.

The mind of Ishi: how one man worked to preserve the knowledge of an entire community.

Exploring the mind of Karl Marx, a revolutionary political thinker and philosopher.

Naomi Alderman and guests celebrate Human Intelligence at the Hay Literary Festival.

The very first scientist, who thought every part of the world could be a place of learning

A 19th century solo female traveller who opened up the idea of travel for everyone.

'Mosquito Manson' found a travelling parasite and unravelled a medical mystery.

A novelist whose sequel to Jane Eyre turned storytelling on its head.