Cat history: everything you wanted to know
Cats have lived alongside us for centuries, and our relationship with them has transformed over time – from venerating them to vilifying them. What roles have humans cast cats in…
The question is an insult
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AI: An ancient nightmare?
how far back does our fascination with, and our fear of, AI extend?
Do we really live longer than our ancestors?
“There is a basic distinction between life expectancy and life span,” says Stanford University historian Walter Scheidel, a leading scholar of ancient Roman demography. “The life span of humans –…
E. Nesbit: Ghost Stories (BBC Radio)
The Shadow Three girls are told a late-night tale of evil, the tragic ending of which hits too close to home. Read by Anna Madeley. John Charrington's Wedding A groom…
In Our Time – Emily Dickinson
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Emily Dickinson, arguably the most startling and original poet in America in the C19th. According to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, her…
BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, The Romantics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism. In the space of a few years around the start of the nineteenth century the Romantic period gave…
BBC Radio 4 – Short Cuts, Series 20, Mary Oliver
“Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life?”- Mary Oliver Josie Long heads out alone into nature to present short documentaries and adventures…
World Book Cafe: Detroit
Nichole Christian visits a city with a rich history and a powerful reputation, to explore the role of words and writing, meeting the storytellers and poets who are capturing the…
Christianity and the classical world
Classicist and journalist Catherine Nixey talks about her new book The Darkening Age with Professor Edith Hall. Their discussion explores the momentous changes that occurred when Christianity became the dominant…