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At the Speed of Thought

Laurence Scott on Information vs. Knowledge

How instantly available information is affecting the way we consider knowledge and wisdom.

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At the Speed of Thought

Claire Wardle on How News Travels Fast...

Claire Wardle on how news and Twitter feeds shape our response to events.

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At the Speed of Thought

Paola Tubaro on Mobs and Mobiles

Paola Tubaro examines the 'dark side' of social media in relation to 2011's English riots.

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At the Speed of Thought

Felix Salmon on High-Frequency Trading

Felix Salmon on high-frequency trading and its part in the current financial crisis.

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Painting Genesis

God and the Sistine Chapel

Rev Lucy Winkett on what Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel paintings say to Christians today.

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Painting Genesis

Colour and the Sistine Chapel

Art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston responds to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel paintings.

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Painting Genesis

Branding and the Sistine Chapel

Art historian Martin Kemp explores the origin of the Sistine Chapel 'brand'.

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Why Poverty?

Paul Collier

Paul Collier promotes giving aid only to countries without hope of overcoming mass poverty

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Why Poverty?

Elizabeth Ohene

Former minister Elizabeth Ohene says more science education is vital to fighting poverty.

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Why Poverty?

Bernard Hare

Writer Bernard Hare reflects on his life growing up poor and witnessing poverty in the UK.

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Why Poverty?

Lawrence Haddad

Lawrence Haddad reflects on the causes of continuing widespread malnutrition.

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Why Poverty?

Clare Lockhart

Development expert Clare Lockhart says private capital must be used to combat poverty.

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Paris 1913

Swann's Way

Why Marcel Proust's Swann's Way was among highlights of a great year for Parisian culture.

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Paris 1913

The Rite of Spring

Richard Witts focuses on the notorious opening of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

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Paris 1913

Alcools

Martin Sorrell explores on Apollinaire's ground-breaking volume of poetry, Alcools.

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Paris 1913

Le Grand Meaulnes

Writer Michele Roberts assesses the impact of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.

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Paris 1913

Cubism

Adam Gopnik discusses Cubism in 1913 Paris, considering it as a form of poetic realism.

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Five Portraits of Science

John Dee

Jonathan Sawday explores the cultural legacy of alchemist, astrologer and magus John Dee.

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Five Portraits of Science

Galileo

Writer Andrew Brown unpicks the narrative of Galileo's battle with the Roman Inquisition.

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Five Portraits of Science

Isaac Newton

Historian Patricia Fara on how Isaac Newton became the quintessential English genius.

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Five Portraits of Science

Marie Curie

Sunetra Gupta considers Marie Curie's reputation as self-sacrificing scientific saint.

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Five Portraits of Science

Albert Einstein

Writer Richard Hamblyn considers the cultural afterlife of Albert Einstein.

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Changing Climates

Turned Out Nice Again - On Living With the Weather

Richard Mabey tells the story of a lifetime of weather.

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Changing Climates

Air-Songs and Moon-Bows

Richard Mabey tells the story of a lifetime of weather.

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Changing Climates

Black Dog

Richard Mabey explores the downside of weather on our imaginations.

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Changing Climates

Halcyon Days

Richard Mabey on happy days made by the weather including the halcyon days of winter.

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Changing Climates

The Storm Clouds of the 21st Century

Richard Mabey asks what the weather means to us nowadays.

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Listener, They Wore It

Charles's Cap (Madame Bovary)

Julian Barnes on an unforgettable hat in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.

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Listener, They Wore It

Empress Elizabeth's Diamonds

Daisy Goodwin on diamonds in a portrait of Empress Elizabeth of Austria by Winterhalter.

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Listener, They Wore It

Gatsby's Suit

Writer Michael Bracewell discusses Jay Gatsby's suit in the novel The Great Gatsby.

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