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  1. George Frederic Handel (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Ed Seckerson is joined by countertenor Lestyn Davies to discuss Handel, the German- born composer whose prolific portfolio of operas and hits such as ‘Water Music’ and ‘Messiah’ won...

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  2. Hamilton, Boole and Their Algebras (2015)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    This lecture by Professor Raymond Flood explores the legacies of William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) and George Boole (1815-1864). Hamilton discovered quaternions, a non-commutative algebraic system, and did...

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  3. Poetry: Between the Lines - The Romantics (2015)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Hip-hop artist Akala explores the language, form and themes of the Romantic era, and explores the effect it has had in shaping our society. Among the poets discussed are Wordsworth, Byron, Blake, Shelley and...

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  4. Alistair Cooke: The Essential Letters from America: 2000 - 2004 (2010)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 300 minutes), £18.35

    This last selection of Cooke’s letters focuses on the turbulent times in the US in the first years of the new millennium, covering the famously controversial 2000 election, in which George W. Bush narrowly...

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  5. George Bernard Shaw - BBC Radio Interviews (2003)

    Subject
    Drama; Education; Literature
    Distribution
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/ Online

    Audio extracts from a BBC radio programme called TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMERS, broadcast on 1/1/1937, in which Irish dramatist, social critic, essayist and political thinker George Bernard Shaw talks about: a few...

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  6. Man and Superman (1996)

    Director
    Peter Hall
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Download, 256 minutes), £17.55

    'Man and Superman’ was the first drama to be broadcast on the BBC’s Third Programme on October 1st, 1946. To celebrate Radio 3’s 50th anniversary, the play was directed by Sir Peter Hall, and preserved...

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  7. World of Gilbert and George, The (1981)

    Producer
    Philip Haas
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 69 minutes), £19.99 (Tate)

    A collection of episodes and images, designed to compare and contrast the role of the artists Gilbert and George with the nature of an environment, the East End of London, which is often at odds with them....

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  8. George Eliot Walking Tour

    Subject
    English language and literature

    This podcast guides the listener on a walk around the market town of Nuneaton and other locations featured in George Eliot’s ‘Scenes of Clerical Life’. [29 minutes]

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