A Point of View: David Attenborough's Life Stories
For the coming weeks the Point of View podcast presents a series of talks by Sir David Attenborough. Recalling experiences from seven decades of exploring the natural world, Sir David presents a series of life stories about animals and plants of particular fascination to him.
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PoV: Lisa Jardine: Dame Mary Cartwright: 08 March 13
Lisa Jardine celebrates the achievements of the mathematician Dame Mary ...
Lisa Jardine celebrates the achievements of the mathematician Dame Mary Cartwright, whose work helped war-time radar engineers and became the foundation of chaos theory....
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PoV: Lisa Jardine: Modern Medicis: 01 Mar 2013
Lisa Jardine celebrates the influence of art connoisseur Sir Denis ...
Lisa Jardine celebrates the influence of art connoisseur Sir Denis Mahon and reflects on the impact of wealthy art collectors on public taste and government policy....
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PoV: Lisa Jardine: The Winter Queen: 22 Feb 13
Lisa Jardine celebrates Elizabeth of Bohemia, the "Winter Queen", and ...
Lisa Jardine celebrates Elizabeth of Bohemia, the "Winter Queen", and sees her relegation to the margins of history as typical of our failure to recognise powerful women....
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PoV: David Cannadine: In Praise of Birmingham: 15 Feb 13
David Cannadine defends his home city of Birmingham against a ...
David Cannadine defends his home city of Birmingham against a slur in "Pride and Prejudice" by celebrating its past and its current cultural renaissance....
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PoV: David Cannadine: Grand Central celebration: 08 Feb 13
David Cannadine celebrates the saving of New York's now century ...
David Cannadine celebrates the saving of New York's now century old Grand Central Terminal and regrets the destruction of the city's other great beaux-arts station....
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PoV: David Cannadine: The Appeal of Teddy Bears: 01 Feb 13
David Cannadine reflects on the enduring appeal of the teddy ...
David Cannadine reflects on the enduring appeal of the teddy bear in contemporary culture since they were first named after Theodore Roosevelt over a hundred years ago....
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PoV: David Cannadine: Presidential Inaugurations: 25 Jan 13
David Cannadine reflects on the history of presidential inaugurations and ...
David Cannadine reflects on the history of presidential inaugurations and how American presidents since Abraham Lincoln have crafted their speeches when it's second time around....
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PoV: Will Self: Urban Designs: 18 Jan 2013
Will Self laments what he sees as an absence of ...
Will Self laments what he sees as an absence of rational urban planning in our big cities and a fashion for dramatic sky scrapers driven by short term commercial values....
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PoV: Will Self Terminal Thoughts 11 Jan 2013
Will Self says he would rather commit suicide than die ...
Will Self says he would rather commit suicide than die a slow, painful death and would like society to find his choice more acceptable than at present....
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PoV: American Ambivalence 06 Jan 2012
Will self reflects on Britain's confused relationship with the U.S. ...
Will self reflects on Britain's confused relationship with the U.S. Taking the Tom Stoppard plays his American mother took him to see in the 70s as his starting point, he says that our relationship with our friends across the pond changed little in...
