| 124 : William Hazlitt, Philosopher (5) | ||||
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broadcast: Fri Mar 6 2009 |
11.00 pm Radio 3 |
presenter: Jonathan Ree |
producer: Mark Whitaker |
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| William Hazlitt is recognised as a founder of English literary criticism and a magnificent exponent of the art of the essay. But he spent the first half of his career grappling with abstract questions in philosophy, and these 15-minute talks evoke and celebrate Hazlitt’s work as a philosopher, and show how it helped shape the celebrated ‘familiar style’ of his later essays. Five: Acquaintance with Poets |
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| 123 : William Hazlitt, Philosopher (4) | ||||
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broadcast: Thu Mar 5 2009 |
11.00 pm Radio 3 |
presenter: Jonathan Ree |
producer: Mark Whitaker |
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| William Hazlitt is recognised as a founder of English literary criticism and a magnificent exponent of the art of the essay. But he spent the first half of his career grappling with abstract questions in philosophy, and these 15-minute talks evoke and celebrate Hazlitt’s work as a philosopher, and show how it helped shape the celebrated ‘familiar style’ of his later essays. Four: a Metaphysical Discovery |
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| 122 : William Hazlitt, Philosopher (3) | ||||
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broadcast: Wed Mar 4 2009 |
11.00 pm Radio 3 |
presenter: Jonathan Ree |
producer: Mark Whitaker |
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| William Hazlitt is recognised as a founder of English literary criticism and a magnificent exponent of the art of the essay. But he spent the first half of his career grappling with abstract questions in philosophy, and these 15-minute talks evoke and celebrate Hazlitt’s work as a philosopher, and show how it helped shape the celebrated ‘familiar style’ of his later essays. Three: the Fate of Modern Philosophy |
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| 121 : William Hazlitt, Philosopher (2) | ||||
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broadcast: Tue Mar 3 2009 |
11.00 pm Radio 3 |
presenter: Jonathan Ree |
producer: Mark Whitaker |
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| William Hazlitt is recognised as a founder of English literary criticism and a magnificent exponent of the art of the essay. But he spent the first half of his career grappling with abstract questions in philosophy, and these 15-minute talks evoke and celebrate Hazlitt’s work as a philosopher, and show how it helped shape the celebrated ‘familiar style’ of his later essays. Two: William Hazlitt Snr |
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| 120 : William Hazlitt, Philosopher (1) | ||||
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broadcast: Mon Mar 2 2009 |
11.00 pm Radio 3 |
presenter: Jonathan Ree |
producer: Mark Whitaker |
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| William Hazlitt is recognised as a founder of English literary criticism and a magnificent exponent of the art of the essay. But he spent the first half of his career grappling with abstract questions in philosophy, and these 15-minute talks evoke and celebrate Hazlitt’s work as a philosopher, and show how it helped shape the celebrated ‘familiar style’ of his later essays. One: Winterslow |
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| 119 : The Menin Gate | ||||
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broadcast: Sun Nov 9 2008 |
11.45 am Radio 4 |
presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mike Hally |
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| The Menin Gate in the little Belgian city of Ypres is an extraordinary symbol of remembrance - the Last Post has sounded every night since 1929 (bar WW2) and it's the most visited site on the Western Front. This is a little cameo for Remembrance Day, following ''the Roots of the British Legion'' last year and ''the Roots of Remembrance Day'' the year before. |
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| 117 : Textbook Diplomacy | ||||
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broadcast: Mon Sep 8 2008 |
11.02 am Radio 4 |
presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker |
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| Across Europe school history textbooks are being used to build bridges over deep fault lines of nationalist hatred or suspicion; but while it's proved easy enough to create a joint Franco-German textbook, the task is both more difficult and more urgent in a country such as Bosnia. |
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| 116 : The Strange Story of Oliver Cromwell's Head | ||||
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broadcast: Wed Sep 3 2008 |
11.02 am Radio 4 |
presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker |
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| September 3rd 2008 will mark the 350th anniversary of Oliver Cromwell’s death : but his severed head was only finally put to rest in 1960. This is the extraordinary story of what happened to it.
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| 115 : Peer Review in the Dock | ||||
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broadcast: Mon Aug 4 2008 |
9.02 pm Radio 4 |
presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mike Hally |
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| ¨Peer Review¨ is supposed to be the ¨gold standard¨ of quality control for research projects and academic studies, yet evidence of its many deficiencies has been building up for over 20 years. That knowledge has been confined to the academic world until recently but now peer review’s tarnished image is being revealed to a wider audience. Rightly so, because this is no academic argument – hen it comes to medicine, inadequate peer review of proposed new drugs and other treatments can be literally a matter of life and death. |
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| 114 : Olympic Arts | ||||
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broadcast: Mon Jul 21 2008 |
11.02 am Radio 4 |
presenter: Mark Whitaker |
producer: Mark Whitaker |
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| It was called the ‘Pentathlon of the Muses’, and at each Olympic Games between 1912 and 1948 there were medals for architecture, sculpture, painting, music and literature. But most serious artists are not ‘amateurs’, so these forgotten and controversial contests were eventually brought to an end. Preview picture (right) copyright Mark Whitaker |
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