August 17, 2018
August 15, 2018
Delingpole with James Delingpole - Tom Holland
"On this week’s episode of Delingpole, James talks with historian Tom Holland - star of the documentary Islam: The Untold Story - about the Islamic State and the plight of the Yazidis. Also, they discuss Holland being a failed vampire author and a world class cricketer. In addition, they talk about why Stonehenge is under threat and, er, the tragedy of hedgehogs."
August 14, 2018
Adam Nicholson and Paul Cartledge - Why Homer Matters (Hay Festival 2014)
August 13, 2018
The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun (2017)
"This is the story of Harry Burton, one of the great heroes of British photography. As the official photographer for Howard Carter’s Tutankhamun excavation during the 1920s, Burton created some of the 20th Century’s most famous images and helped to make Tutankhamun an international sensation.
"The film explores key locations in Burton’s life in the UK and Egypt, and sets Burton’s famous black-and-white images of Howard Carter’s Tutankhamun excavation alongside forgotten colour photographs and cine film shot by Burton himself."
August 12, 2018
August 11, 2018
Skavlan - Princess Olga Romanoff
"Princess Olga Romanoff's grandmother was the sister of the last Tsar of Russia. Today, 100 years after the Russian Revolution, Princess Olga comes to tell her story, how parts of the family managed to flee – while others were executed. She also talks about how her mother once was eager for her to marry Britain's prince Charles (7:54).
"Also present in the studio are artist Måns Zelmerlöw and violinist and model Charlie Siem."
August 10, 2018
Injury at track level
"Oddly enough, I was bored and sweating at College station today. Everything seemed sticky. The bottle of Selection Diet Ginger Ale I bought at the nearby Metro was sweaty, and sticky. I was sticky. The only thing that wasn't sticky were the stairs, they were just crusty. My phone just got a recent software update, and it was vibrating in my pocket as soon as there was no cell signal. Useless. In a fit of boredom I glanced at the payphone nearby... "
August 09, 2018
Tom Holland - Herodotus' Histories (Hay Festival 2014)
"The classical scholar introduces his new translation of Herodotus' masterpiece - The Histories."
August 08, 2018
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)
"In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of 'state terror' - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines drama, archive and documentary interviews to examine Robespierre's year in charge of the Committee of Public Safety - the powerful state machine at the heart of Revolutionary France. Contesting Robespierre's legacy are Slavoj Žižek, who argues that terror in the cause of virtue is justifiable, and Simon Schama, who believes the road from Robespierre ran straight to the gulag and the 20th-century concentration camp."
