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The Reith Lectures
Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine
The Problem of Hubris
Atul Gawande calls for a new approach to the 'great unfixables' - ageing and death.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine
The Idea of Wellbeing
Atul Gawande calls for a new focus on systems to ensure doctors work more effectively.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Professor Stephen Hawking: Black Holes
Do black holes have no hair?
Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes.
28 mins
The Reith Lectures
Professor Stephen Hawking: Black Holes
Black holes ain't as black as they are painted
Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the second of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes.
28 mins
The Reith Lectures
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities
Creed
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah says we overestimate scripture in our view of faith.
60 mins
The Reith Lectures
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities
Country
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues against a mythical and romantic view of nationhood
60 mins
The Reith Lectures
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities
Colour
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues for a world free of racial fixations.
43 mins
The Reith Lectures
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities
Culture
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks us to give up the idea of western civilisation.
58 mins
The Reith Lectures
Hilary Mantel
The Day Is for the Living
Art can bring the dead back to life argues novelist Hilary Mantel.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Hilary Mantel
The Iron Maiden
How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
43 mins
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Hilary Mantel
Silence Grips the Town
The story of how historical obsession killed a Polish writer, told by Hilary Mantel.
43 mins
The Reith Lectures
Hilary Mantel
Can These Bones Live?
Hilary Mantel on how historical fiction can make the past come to life.
43 mins
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Hilary Mantel
Adaptation
Hilary Mantel on how fiction changes when adapted for stage or screen.
43 mins
The Reith Lectures
Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
21 mins
The Reith Lectures
Anand Menon on Robert Birley
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
15 mins
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Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
28 mins
The Reith Lectures
Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
15 mins
The Reith Lectures
Angela Stent on George Kennan
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
14 mins
The Reith Lectures
Margaret MacMillan
War and Humanity
Margaret MacMillan asks if war is an essential part of being human.
45 mins
The Reith Lectures
Margaret MacMillan
Fearing and Loving: Making Sense of the Warrior
Margaret MacMillan explores our complex relationship with the people who go to war.
44 mins
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Margaret MacMillan
Civilians and War
Margaret MacMillan examines the role of civilians as supporters and victims of conflict.
60 mins
The Reith Lectures
Margaret MacMillan
Managing the Unmanageable
Margaret MacMillan assesses attempts to constrain and justify conflict.
60 mins
The Reith Lectures
Margaret MacMillan
War's Fatal Attraction
Margaret MacMillan examines how we remember and represent war in art.
28 mins
The Reith Lectures
2019: Jonathan Sumption
1/5. Law's Expanding Empire
Jonathan Sumption argues that the law is taking over the space once occupied by politics
57 mins
The Reith Lectures
2019: Jonathan Sumption
2/5. In Praise of Politics
Jonathan Sumption explains how democracy can accommodate opposing opinions and interests
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
2019: Jonathan Sumption
3/5. Human Rights and Wrongs
Jonathan Sumption argues that courts have usurped power via human rights law
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
2019: Jonathan Sumption
4/5. Rights and the Ideal Constitution
Jonathan Sumption assess the pros and cons of written and unwritten constitutions
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
2019: Jonathan Sumption
5/5. Shifting the Foundations
Jonathan Sumption argues against Britain adopting a written constitution
42 mins
Fit & Fearless
'I Feel Fat'
Boston-based Therapist Nina Manolson takes the Girls through some practical exercises
34 mins
Health Check
The psychology of motivation and procrastination
Does willpower work? And why being a chronic procrastinator is bad for your health
26 mins
The Great Outdoors
18/07/2019
A breath of fresh air for a Thursday evening.
180 mins
Lewis Mason
18/07/2019
Music and conversation for your Thursday night, with a focus on health and wellbeing.
120 mins
Heart and Soul
A spiritual awareness from space
Can seeing Earth from space make the world a better place?
26 mins