The Essay Episodes Episode guide
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Bettany Hughes on Helen of Troy
Bettany Hughes on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4
Stephen Johnson considers how Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 thrilled the first audience
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Bede, the Father of English History
Scholar of the Anglo Saxons Lilian Groves explores the life and times of St Bede.
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Alfred the Great
Michael Wood discusses Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and king of the Anglo-Saxons.
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Aethelred the Unready
Simon Keynes discusses the life of the Anglo-Saxon monarch Aethelred.
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A family of witches
Emma Whipday explores the demonisation of single mothers in English witch trials.
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A City is not a Park
Des Fitzgerald is a sociologist at Cardiff Uni. researching health, illness & cities
