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Looks at the way historians use primary source that exist from the impact of the French revolution on ordinary people.
A production of Antony and Cleopatra supporting the Open University AA306 Shakespeare: Text and Performance course. Recorded in 1999, with Michael Pennington, Lindsay Duncan and Bill Paterson.
Discussion about whether boxing should be banned, with boxer Barry McGuigan and poliltican and writer Roy Hattersley taking part.
Discusses the role of needlework in women’s lives; its evolution from craft to art; the way women can use their needlework skills to improve their lives and give themselves a measure of economic independence.
Looks at the life and work of Jean Rhys, born and brought up on the Caribbean island of Dominica, and her most well-known novel, ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’.
Professor John White compares the history and pictorial significance of this panel painting to the similarly sized ‘Ognissanti Madonna’ by Giotto. Dr Alfio del Serra, who restored both works, examines...
Looks at the 600-year-old poetic form of the sonnet. Poets Tony Harrison, Wendy Cope and Douglas Dunn explain why the sonnet is still so popular among contemporary poets.
Gothold Lessing’s ‘Nathan the Wise’ was one of the greatest plays of the Enlightenment. Extracts taken from Acts 3 and 5 of a German production aim to put across some of the dramatist’s central ideas.
The Palace of El Escorial in Spain was built by Philip II during the latter half of the 16th century. The building was supposed to combine all the functions of Church and State. On the outside the building...
Deals with women and design, particularly product design. Looks at the way designers have regarded women when creating domestic products and whether there is such a thing as a feminine/feminist design. Also...
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