Melvyn Bragg explores the history of the idea of culture, and its value today.
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Fri, 4 Jan 13
Duration:
43 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the meaning and value of culture today, in a debate recorded at Newcastle's Lit and Phil. With Sir Christopher Frayling, Tiffany Jenkins and Matt Ridley.
Thu, 3 Jan 13
Duration:
42 mins
Melvyn Bragg explores the rise of mass culture in the twentieth century, and how it affected our understanding of what culture is and what it's for.
Wed, 2 Jan 13
Duration:
42 mins
Melvyn Bragg revisits a celebrated debate of the 1960s, and looks at the longer history of an often fractious relationship between the arts and the sciences.
Tue, 1 Jan 13
Duration:
43 mins
Melvyn Bragg discovers how culture became a central idea of anthropology following the publication in 1871 of EB Tylor's book Primitive Cultures, and examines how this has broadened contemporary notions of what culture is.
Mon, 31 Dec 12
Duration:
42 mins
Melvyn Bragg begins a week-long exploration of the idea of culture by considering Matthew Arnold's 19th century masterpiece Culture and Anarchy, which argued for culture as a force for good in society.
Tue, 18 Dec 12
Duration:
1 min
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