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  1. Barbara Windsor (2012)

    Subject
    Women’s studies

    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....

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  2. Margot Fonteyn (2012)

    Subject
    Dance; Women’s studies

    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...

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  3. Cicely Saunders (2012)

    Subject
    Social welfare; Women’s studies

    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...

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  4. Doris Lessing (2012)

    Subject
    Literature; Women’s studies

    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...

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  5. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Women’s studies

    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...

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  6. Germaine Greer (2012)

    Subject
    Literature; Women’s studies

    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...

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  7. Marriage in the 1950s and 60s: from Wedding Vows to Happily Ever After? (2010)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies; Women’s studies

    After World War II, during which most women worked outside the home as part of the war effort, everything changed. As the men went back to their jobs, the women were expected to return to their role as...

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  8. Dorothy Hodgkin (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Women’s studies

    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...

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  9. Shakespeare As Inspiration (2023 Radio)

    Series
    Free Thinking
    Producer
    Ruth Watts

    Matthew Sweet is joined live by Professor Preti Taneja, author of a novel We That Are Young, which sets the King Lear in Delhi; Dr Iain Smith, who studies films from around the world; and by Andrew Dickson,...

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  10. Vivienne Westwood (2012)

    Subject
    Design; Women’s studies

    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...

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