The Reith Lectures Episodes Available now
Reith Revisited: Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer
Sarah Montague and Brian Cox reconsider Robert Oppenheimer's 1953 Reith lectures.
Reith Revisited: Anand Menon on Robert Birley
Sarah Montague and Anand Menon revisit Robert Birley's Reith Lectures, Britain in Europe.
Reith Revisited: Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell
Michael Sandel revisits the inaugural Reith Lectures given by Bertrand Russell.
Adaptation—Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel on how fiction changes when adapted for stage or screen.
Can These Bones Live?—Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel on how historical fiction can make the past come to life.
Silence Grips the Town—Hilary Mantel
The story of how historical obsession killed a Polish writer, told by Hilary Mantel.
The Iron Maiden—Hilary Mantel
How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
The Day Is for the Living—Hilary Mantel
Art can bring the dead back to life, argues the late novelist Hilary Mantel.
Culture—Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities
4/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks us to give up the idea of western civilisation.
Colour—Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities
3/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues for a world free of racial fixations.
