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Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
Matthew Sweet looks at the experiences of Portuguese Jewish and Roma communities.
William Stukeley
The English antiquarian (1687-1765) who may be the father of modern archaeology.
Aztecs and Otherness
Caroline Dodds Pennock discusses how Aztecs, Inuit, Mayans and others discovered Europe.
Audrey Hepburn
Matthew Sweet marks the 30th anniversary of the death of this icon of film and fashion.
Higher education for women and working-class students
Anne McElvoy hosts a conversation about higher education and the history of its expansion.
The Wife of Bath
Shahidha Bari is joined by Professor Marion Turner, poet Patience Agbabi and Hetta Howes.
Language Loss and Revival
John Gallagher is joined by Gwenno, who writes and sings in Cornish, and others.
Anna Kavan
Matthew Sweet looks at the writer of a dystopian psychodrama, Ice, who died in 1968.
Phillis Wheatley
Christienna Fryar explores the life and writing of the enslaved American poet (1753-1784).
Wilkie Collins and disability
How the Victorian author’s own pain and drug dependency fed into his sensational novels.
