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Kubla Khan: A vision in a dream
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic is one of the most famous poems in the English language

The story of Evita
Eva Peron rose from poverty to become one of the most powerful figures in Latin America

Flamenco: Darkness and light
Rajan Datar and guests explore the origins and evolution of flamenco

Sankara: Africa’s Revolutionary President
Thomas Sankara: why his assassination and time in power still haunts Africa to this day

Cotton: a Yarn with a Twist
The chequered history of the original global fabric

Life Support: The Story of the Red Cross
The Story of The International Committee of the Red Cross

Stanislavsky: Founder of modern acting
Konstantin Stanislavsky: the greatest single influence on acting today

Nikola Tesla’s electric dreams
A showman and a dreamer or an engineering genius well ahead of his time?

Adam Smith: Father of Capitalism
Exploring the work of the 18th century moral philosopher and economist Adam Smith

The First Skyscrapers
How America reached for the skies