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Birth Stories—New Generation Thinkers 2024
From 'lying in' to bedside cots: Emily Baughan traces childbirth changes.

Losing Yourself in Books—New Generation Thinkers 2024
Janine Bradbury questions our motivation when choosing what to read.

A Philosophical Forgery?—New Generation Thinkers 2024
Jonathan Egid tells the story of a mysterious Ethiopian thinker named Zera Yacob.

Technicolor Wars—New Generation Thinkers 2024
Kirsty Sinclair Dootson on the dark side of colour film.

Going digital—Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons
Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

Let's murder Vivaldi—Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons
Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

A classic of Italian music—Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons
Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

Monks, music and Mussolini—Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons
Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

The seeds of a revival—Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons
Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 Sinfonietta—The Little Secrets of Great Works
Essays on the small, underappreciated aspects of famous artistic pieces.