The Forum Podcast
The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.
Episodes to download
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Christina of Sweden: Queen of surprises
Sat 28 Jul 2018
The rebellious monarch who scandalised 17th-century Europe
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Vincent van Gogh: The struggling artist
Sat 21 Jul 2018
Charting the highs and lows of the influential Dutch post-Impressionist painter
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Mark Twain: The 'father of American literature'
Sat 14 Jul 2018
Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the life, work and legacy of Mark Twain
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Pioneers of surgical hygiene
Sat 7 Jul 2018
The painful route to cleanliness in 19th century hospitals
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J. William Fulbright: Scholarships and Soft Power
Sat 16 Jun 2018
The man behind the renowned scholarship programme
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The piano: Hitting the right keys
Sat 2 Jun 2018
Bridget Kendall and guests lift the lid on 300 years of the piano
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Simone de Beauvoir: Feminist thinker for modern times
Sat 26 May 2018
How a philosophical thinker radically changed the way we see women
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Catherine the Great of Russia
Sat 19 May 2018
A woman and a foreigner who usurped her way to the throne in 18th century Russia
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Machu Picchu: The secrets of a forgotten city
Sat 5 May 2018
The enigma of the Inca mountain retreat
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Plastic: How it Changed the World
Sat 28 Apr 2018
Experts from the world of science discuss the story of plastic with presenter Rajan Datar
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Sugar: A Sweet Menace
Sat 21 Apr 2018
How sugar travelled across the world and seduced all on its path
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Votes for Women: the Global Story
Sat 7 Apr 2018
The extraordinary stories of the women around the world who won the right to vote
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From Straw Poll to Opinion Poll
Sat 31 Mar 2018
With us since the 1930s, polls help forecast elections and conduct market research
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Lawrence of Arabia
Sat 24 Mar 2018
The life of T.E Lawrence renowned for his involvement with the Arab Revolt during WW1
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Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion revolutionary
Sat 17 Mar 2018
Bridget Kendall and guests on the glamorous world of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
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Herman Melville: Moby Dick
Sat 10 Mar 2018
The 19th Century epic novel on a vengeful sailor’s battle with the great ‘white whale’
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Dante’s Inferno: The poetry of Hell
Sat 24 Feb 2018
The imagined poetic voyage through Hell that explores the meaning of human existence
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Magellan: First Man Round the Globe?
Sat 17 Feb 2018
The story of the man whose voyage accidently circumnavigated the globe
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The Little Prince: Lessons from an aviator’s life
Sat 10 Feb 2018
Who was Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and how did he come to write The Little Prince?
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Chinua Achebe: Rewriting the African story
Sat 3 Feb 2018
The life and work of the ground-breaking Nigerian author
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Boudica: Warrior queen
Sat 27 Jan 2018
The Iron Age English warrior queen who led a rebellion against the Romans
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Kubla Khan: A vision in a dream
Sat 13 Jan 2018
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic is one of the most famous poems in the English language
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The story of Evita
Sat 6 Jan 2018
Eva Peron rose from poverty to become one of the most powerful figures in Latin America
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