In an increasingly divided world, how we might change the minds of others? Philosopher and journalist Eleanor Gordon-Smith discusses some lucid, gripping stories that show the limits of human reason with Little Atoms podcaster Neil Denny.
AC Grayling discusses with Selina O’Grady her ground-breaking new book In the Name of God: A History of Christian and Muslim Intolerance and asks: is each faith really an ossified religion which can never come to terms with the Enlightenment and the world it has helped form?
Occult rites are staged in hippie strip clubs; music hall dame Old Mother Riley haunts a vam-piric Bela Lugosi; TV puppet Sooty doles out intoxicating pharmaceuticals; velvet-voiced Vincent Price presents a full-fat cookery programme…
He is the most notorious tyrant in history. But the most important things we think we know about Adolf Hitler are wrong. Cambridge Professor Brendan Simms offers a revelatory new analysis.
The raid of the Dambusters is one of the most exhilarating episodes in British history. In this talk, our most brilliant military historian, Sir Max Hastings, uncovers the truth behind the legend.
The definitive history of how evil magic has survived into the present day from the largely rural world of Georgian Britain and the time of the British Empire to the multicultural present, as recounted by Thomas Waters.
RAF officer, MI6 spy, BBC war correspondent: the life and career of Frederick Forsyth is as thrilling as any bestseller.
London is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world, with a population spanning across a wide spectrum of socioeconomic status. How do we design our cities to make sure everyone is included?
Revealed: how Brexit will change Britain. As Gavin Esler explains, from the food markets of Kent to NHS operating theatres to the boardrooms of big employers, Brexit throws up many surprises.
In this free Pre-Concert Talk, British composer, journalist, and lecturer Robert Hugill, discusses arrangement, transcription and popularisation in late 18th and 19th century composition.
You are invited to step inside the Oval Office and experience life as a reporter in the Briefing Room. Join BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel as he takes you inside Trump’s West Wing and discusses the impact this presidency has had on the most iconic of American institutions.
Join Anita Anand as she meets two remarkable minds: nanotechnologist Alec Broers, and former supreme Court Justice Jonathan Sumption.
