Helen Arney, self confessed science nerd, stand-up entertainer, and once nicknamed a "geek...
27:44
Helen Arney, self confessed science nerd, stand-up entertainer, and once nicknamed a "geek...
27:44
This week Matthew Parris invites the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir...
27:42
On a field outside Dublin, Daniel O'Connell met and shot a former royal marine in a duel. John...
28:31
Cornelia Parker on Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp, the father of conceptual art, and responsible for that famously provocative...
27:50
Goldfrapp's Will Gregory is centre-stage at the Colston Hall in Bristol to tell Matthew Parris...
31:23
Helena Morrissey on Rachael Heyhoe Flint.
City Boss Dame Helena Morrissey champions the life of Rachael Heyhoe Flint, the pioneer of...
27:31
Andrea Catherwood on Constance Markievicz
Constance Markievicz led an amazing life - a leading figure during the Easter Rising of 1916, she...
28:31
Nicholas Stern on Muhammad Ali
Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of...
33:07
Helen Sharman on Elsie Widdowson
How many people realise the impact Elsie Widdowson had on the way we view nutrition? She was a...
38:41
Tracy Chevalier on Mary Anning
Matthew Parris and his guest - novelist Tracy Chevalier - discuss the life of Mary Anning, the...
29:03
In 1968 Norman Lewis wrote an article called Genocide in Brazil. The photographs that accompanied...
27:38
Sathnam Sanghera on Alexander Gardner
Author and Journalist Sathnam Sanghera nominates a Great Life; a man dismissed as a fantasist and...
28:48
Maxine Peake on Ellen Wilkinson
The actress Maxine Peake nominates her working class hero, Ellen Wilkinson, as a great life....
27:42
Stephen Fry nominates his hero P.G Wodehouse, a writer who he says simply cheers him up like no...
29:50
There were so many hoaxes in Andy Kaufman's brief career that for years his fans believed that he...
26:10
There were so many hoaxes in Andy Kaufman's brief career that for years his fans believed that he...
27:40
Peter Williams of Jack Wills chooses Steve Jobs
This week it's the turn of Peter Williams, founder of the British retail chain Jack Wills who is...
00:55
Peter Williams of Jack Wills chooses Steve Jobs
This week it's the turn of Peter Williams, founder of the British retail chain Jack Wills who is...
28:06
Sue Cameron on Emma of Normandy
Twice Queen of England and mother of two kings, but have you heard of Emma of Normandy? Doyenne...
27:23
For Steven Knight, the screen writer and director of Peaky Blinders and Taboo, it was easy to...
27:38
Back on top and aiming high
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