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Winter Light

Stonehenge and Maes Howe at solstice, the shadowy paintings of Wright of Derby, and Artemisia Gentileschi and the candlelight of Hanukkah - Shahidha Bari and guests look at light.

Brian Cox on the stars and planets. Archaelogist Susan Greaney on Stonehenge and Maes Howe at solstice, the shadowy paintings of Wright of Derby and Artemisia Gentileschi and the candlelight of Hanukkah in art and literature picked out by Alexandra Harris and the philosophy of Plato and light giving ideas from Sophie-Grace Chappell: Shahidha Bari and guests look at light as 成人论坛 Radio 3 broadcasts a series of music programmes, concerts, walks and features looking at Light in Darkness.

Physicist Professor Brian Cox joins the 成人论坛 SO and Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska to explore the questions raised by music and the Cosmos concerning eternity, death, rebirth and meaning in a concert being broadcast by 成人论坛 Radio 3 on the afternoon of December 23rd. In Autumn 2021 he will be embarking on another Horizons Arena Tour around the UK explaining the latest thinking about the Cosmos to the wider public.

Professor Alexandra Harris is the author of books including Weatherland and Romantic Moderns and was one of the first 成人论坛/AHRC New Generation Thinkers.

Professor Sophie-Grace Chappell is the author of many philosophy books and is currently considering the idea of epiphanies.

Susan Greaney works with English Heritage at Stonehenge, is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a 成人论坛/AHRC New Generation Thinker.

Producer: Ruth Watts

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Wed 16 Dec 2020 22:00

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