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Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans
From Armstrong's session Fields of Blood – Religion and the History of Violence
  1. Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans
    03:03
    Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans
  2. Simon Schama on the ongoing problems faced by the Jewish people
    05:49
    Simon Schama on the ongoing problems faced by the Jewish people
  3. Simon Schama on Germany's historical relationship with the Jews
    08:05
    Simon Schama on Germany's historical relationship with the Jews
  4. Sandi Toksvig on the need for equal representation for women
    06:34
    Sandi Toksvig on the need for equal representation for women
  5. Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta
    07:09
    Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta
  6. Germaine Greer: My best book
    04:42
    Germaine Greer: My best book
  7. Germaine Greer on The Female Eunuch
    07:12
    Germaine Greer on The Female Eunuch
  8. Dan and Peter Snow: Introduction to Waterloo
    06:18
    Dan and Peter Snow: Introduction to Waterloo
  9. Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
    04:44
    Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
  10. Courrèges of his convictions: William Banks-Blaney on the French Space Age designer
    02:11
    Courrèges of his convictions: William Banks-Blaney on the French Space Age designer
  11. Halcyon Halston days: William Banks-Blaney on the first super-designer
    05:29
    Halcyon Halston days: William Banks-Blaney on the first super-designer
  12. Women's liberation: William Banks-Blaney on how Coco Chanel used men's underwear
    00:44
    Women's liberation: William Banks-Blaney on how Coco Chanel used men's underwear
  13. William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
    00:53
    William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
  14. Ben & David Crystal's A-Z of Shakespeare
    06:42
    Ben & David Crystal's A-Z of Shakespeare
  15. Antonia Fraser on books, reading and becoming a writer
    04:19
    Antonia Fraser on books, reading and becoming a writer
  16. Germaine Greer: If the English are sane it's because their national playwright is Shakespeare
    00:47
    Germaine Greer: If the English are sane it's because their national playwright is Shakespeare
  17. Elderly sex: Germaine Greer on the romance between Cleopatra and Antony
    01:57
    Elderly sex: Germaine Greer on the romance between Cleopatra and Antony
  18. Germaine Greer: Lady Macbeth is an emptyhead
    00:43
    Germaine Greer: Lady Macbeth is an emptyhead
  19. Yuval Noah Harari: Why money is the most successful story ever told
    02:39
    Yuval Noah Harari: Why money is the most successful story ever told
  20. Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
    04:19
    Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
  21. Tom Holland: The challenge of writing about periods before the modern novel
    02:24
    Tom Holland: The challenge of writing about periods before the modern novel
  22. Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
    00:58
    Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
  23. Bettany Hughes reads from The King Must Die
    01:47
    Bettany Hughes reads from The King Must Die
  24. Helen Macdonald: I started to dream of goshawks
    03:45
    Helen Macdonald: I started to dream of goshawks
  25. Robert Macfarlane on an extraordinary coincidence
    04:51
    Robert Macfarlane on an extraordinary coincidence
  26. Mary Portas on growing up on the high street
    03:45
    Mary Portas on growing up on the high street
  27. Jon Ronson on 'mutual grooming'
    01:05
    Jon Ronson on 'mutual grooming'
  28. Jon Ronson: Can I interview you about your special brain anomaly?
    03:58
    Jon Ronson: Can I interview you about your special brain anomaly?
  29. Jon Ronson on the Stanford prison experiment
    00:57
    Jon Ronson on the Stanford prison experiment
  30. Alex Salmond on joining the SNP while at university
    01:20
    Alex Salmond on joining the SNP while at university
  31. Alex Salmond: How the Scottish referendum empowered people
    04:39
    Alex Salmond: How the Scottish referendum empowered people
  32. Celebrating difference: Andrew Solomon on parents of exceptional children
    04:34
    Celebrating difference: Andrew Solomon on parents of exceptional children
  33. Sandi Toksvig: My father was fantastically famous
    00:54
    Sandi Toksvig: My father was fantastically famous
  34. Sandi Toksvig on the great women of history
    01:20
    Sandi Toksvig on the great women of history
  35. Sandi Toksvig on her favourite women in fiction
    03:32
    Sandi Toksvig on her favourite women in fiction
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