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A short podcast looking at the career of Barbara Windsor which spans much of the reign of the current Queen. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James Naughtie to mark the Diamond Jubilee....
A short podcast looking at the life and legacy of Margot Fonteyn, widely considered to be one of the greatest classical dancers of the 20th century. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James...
A short podcast looking at the founder of the modern hospice movement, Cicely Saunders, who revolutionised palliative care. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James Naughtie to mark the...
A short podcast looking at the life and career of writer Doris Lessing, a Nobel laureate who has been praised for her ability to inhabit different fictional worlds. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series...
A short podcast looking at Australian born feminist and academic Germaine Greer, who is credited with making feminism appealing and accessible for a large audience of both men and women. Part of The New...
A short podcast looking at the life and career of Jocelyn Bell Burnell the astrophysicist who discovered pulsars, the beams of radiation emitted by rapidly spinning neutron stars. Part of The New...
A short podcast looking at the life and career of Dorothy Hodgkin, who discovered the structures of penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12 through her ground-breaking approach to crystallography. Part of The...
A short podcast looking at fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who has been designing clothes and shoes since the late 1970s, and has won the British Designer of the Year award three times. Part of The New...
A short podcast looking at the influence of one of Britain’s most successful businesswomen, Anita Roddick, whose cosmetics company championed fair trade long before it became a buzz word. Part of The New...
A short podcast looking at the achievements of British Jamiacan campaigner Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. Doreen Lawrence’s campaign for justice revealed uncomfortable...
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