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Thinkers at Hay 2015

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Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
Tom Holland, Bettany Hughes and Peter Stothard on Mary Renault’s Greek historical novels
  1. 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
  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. Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans
    03:03
    Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans
  10. Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
    04:44
    Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
  11. 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
  12. Halcyon Halston days: William Banks-Blaney on the first super-designer
    05:29
    Halcyon Halston days: William Banks-Blaney on the first super-designer
  13. 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
  14. William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
    00:53
    William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
  15. Ben & David Crystal's A-Z of Shakespeare
    06:42
    Ben & David Crystal's A-Z of Shakespeare
  16. Antonia Fraser on books, reading and becoming a writer
    04:19
    Antonia Fraser on books, reading and becoming a writer
  17. 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
  18. Elderly sex: Germaine Greer on the romance between Cleopatra and Antony
    01:57
    Elderly sex: Germaine Greer on the romance between Cleopatra and Antony
  19. Germaine Greer: Lady Macbeth is an emptyhead
    00:43
    Germaine Greer: Lady Macbeth is an emptyhead
  20. 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
  21. Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
    04:19
    Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
  22. 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
  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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