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Autumn 1973

The October War

Michael Goldfarb explores the meaning of the October War between Israel and its neighbours

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Saturday Night Massacre

Michael Goldfarb on the moment when the Watergate scandal became a constitutional crisis.

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Opec Oil Embargo

Michael Goldfarb on the personal and political disruption the 1973 Opec oil embargo caused

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Inflation Crisis

How rising inflation in 1973 challenged the progressive ideals of the 1968 generation.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Naomi Alderman

Naomi Alderman on how existentialism affects the novels and computer games she creates.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Paul Hart

Theatre director Paul Hart considers the power and veracity of existentialist ideas.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Michele Roberts

Michele Roberts on existentialist women writers and how these have influenced her own work

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Gary Walkow

Film-maker Gary Walkow reflects on how existential thinking has influenced his work.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Emmy van Deurzen

Psychotherapist Emmy van Deurzen on how existentialism has shaped her life and work.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Rupert Goodwins on what going blind suddenly taught him about science, culture and life.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Behind the Eyes

Writer Rupert Goodwins describes unexpected insights he gained as he lost his sight.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Doctoring the Evidence

Rupert Goodwins reflects on the medical experience of losing his sight.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Long, Slow Journey through the Night

Rupert Goodwins tries to find if technology can limit his isolation from blindness.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Seeing the Future

Rupert Goodwins on the potential of the internet to improve the future for blind people.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

Vienna

Bethany Bell evokes the elegance and dark tensions of 1914 Vienna - and their echoes now.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

Paris

Hugh Schofield on the storm in Paris over the murder of pacifist Jean Jaures before WWI.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

Berlin

Stephen Evans focuses on life in Berlin in 1914, seen as the Silicon Valley of its time.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

St Petersburg

Steve Rosenberg revisits 1914 St Petersburg and an event that would define modern Russia.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

London

麻豆社 news correspondent Emma Jane Kirby discusses London in 1914.

• 15 mins

Letters to a Young Poet

Michael Symmons Roberts

Inspired by Rilke's classic text, Michael Symmons Roberts writes to a young poet of today.

• 15 mins

Letters to a Young Poet

Vicki Feaver

A letter to a young woman poet by 2014 TS Eliot Prize judge Vicki Feaver.

• 15 mins

Letters to a Young Poet

Michael Longley

A letter to a young poet from Belfast writer Michael Longley.

• 15 mins

Letters to a Young Poet

Moniza Alvi

A letter by TS Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet Moniza Alvi.

• 15 mins

Letters to a Young Poet

Don Paterson

Inspired by Rilke's classic text, Don Paterson writes a letter to a young poet of today.

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Alan Johnson on David Copperfield

Politician Alan Johnson on how Dickens's David Copperfield affected the course of his life

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Tracey Thorn on The Female Eunuch

Singer Tracey Thorn on how Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch spoke to her as a teenager.

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Simon McBurney on And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos

Actor Simon McBurney on John Berger's And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos.

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Malorie Blackman on The Color Purple

Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman on Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple.

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Luke Johnson on The Magic of Thinking Big

Entrepreneur Luke Johnson celebrates the classic self-help book The Magic of Thinking Big.

• 15 mins

England Ejects

On Not Boasting

Novelist Andrew Martin laments why 'not boasting' is fading from our lives.

• 15 mins