World history, culture and ideas with today’s leading experts. Presented by @Bridget_Kendall and @rajandatar
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Dear @Bridget_Kendall, thank you for this really excellent feature on smallpox eradication, and how the world came together to end this scourge. Kudos to you, your @BBCTheForum colleagues and the experts who participated.
The campaign to eradicate one of the world's deadliest diseases @BBCTheForum hosted by @Bridget_Kendall with Bill Foege @EmoryUniversity @WHO Gareth Williams @DrJennersHouse & Anne Marie Moulin bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjv…
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The campaign to eradicate one of the world's deadliest diseases @BBCTheForum hosted by @Bridget_Kendall with Bill Foege @EmoryUniversity @WHO Gareth Williams @DrJennersHouse & Anne Marie Moulin bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjv…
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It was such a pleasure to be in conversation with colleagues and fellow votaries of Lal Ded on @BBCTheForum ! Thank you, @rajandatar for being such a marvellous host!
Why the words of the medieval Kashmiri poet Lal Ded, translated here by @ranjithoskote , still speak to us today. @rajandatar asks Ranjit, Neerja Mattoo @ZubaanBooks Andrew Schelling @NaropaU Dean Accardi @ConnCollege. @ruchikaj20001 reads the poems bbc.in/2Qwuhau
Wise words from Kashmir, translated by Neerja Mattoo @UChicagoPress , who talks about Lal Ded with @ranjithoskote @PenguinIndia Andrew Schelling @CounterpointLLC Dean Accardi @ConnCollege @rajandatar bbc.in/2Qwuhau
How do you find wisdom in adversity? Lal Ded, a wandering Kashmiri sage celebrated for her independent spirit shows us one way. @rajandatar talks to Neerja Mattoo @UChicagoPress @ranjithoskote Andrew Schelling @NaropaU Dean Accardi @ConnCollege bbc.in/2Qwuhau
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Fellow Egyptology fans this is a super interesting @BBCTheForum episode about the secrets of the great pyramid ☺️ - a discussion with Distinguished University Professor Salima Ikram, @indyfromspace @JoyceTyldesley
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The great sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury was born #OnThisDay a hundred years ago. To find out more about his work, with Jonathan Eller @BradburyCenter @middleagedwitch @bradburymedia and @rajandatar , head to bbc.in/30VQftf
A phone call on Mars? Ray Bradbury’s inventive mind could come up with all kinds of wonderful scenarios. @nathanosgood plays both the young and the old Barton @rajandatar @BradburyCenter @middleagedwitch @bradburymedia bbc.in/2YaT6wP
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Aww, thank you! The last public event before lockdown... Do DM me about colour, but I am on holiday without much wifi. Meanwhile, here is a @BBCTheForum podcast about colour I was part of. Bits of it also featured yesterday in @gemcairn's Pick of the Week. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjv…
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”People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it.”
100 years after Ray Bradbury's birth - how have his works stayed so popular? @rajandatar speaks to @BradburyCenter's Jonathan Eller, @middleagedwitch and @bradburymedia bbc.in/3anjFUq
Was Ray Bradbury, the renowned author of Fahrenheit 451 and other sci-fi works, trying to predict or prevent the future? @rajandatar asks Jonathan Eller @BradburyCenter @middleagedwitch @bradburymedia bbc.in/30VQftf
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Want to hear some insightful content about Ray Bradbury? Check out this @BBC radio show featuring Drs. Jon Eller, Phil Nichols, and Miranda Corcoran! bbc.in/30QK5Lc #RayBradbury #Listen #ScienceFiction @BBCTheForum
@raybradbury @bradburymedia – at Indianapolis, IN
Available now to listen to online or download. Also taking part in the discussion @bradburymedia @middleagedwitch @rajandatar chairs
Looking to hear some Bradbury-related content? Then listen in on this BBC radio show happening now featuring Ray Bradbury Scholar, Dr. Jon Eller! bbc.in/30QK5Lc #RayBradbury #Listen #ScienceFiction @BBCTheForum
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Our brilliant @EnglishUCC colleague, @middleagedwitch is on this programme! bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjv…
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.@BBCTheForum: The Birth of Hip-Hop with @GrandMasterCaz, @MoneyMikeHolman and @NewBlackMan
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I enjoyed that this morning driving to Glasgow from London! An Eastern AND Western Roman Empire - who knew?? #EveryDaysASchoolDay
What lessons can the decline of the Western Roman empire, over 1500 years ago, teach us today? @rajandatar asks @SarahEBond Meaghan McEvoy @Macquarie_Uni and Peter Heather @KingsCollegeLon bbc.in/2XCyBc8
And if you would like to find out more about the life and work of Albert Camus, listen or download here: bbc.in/2F3Ptlz
Albert Camus’ novel The Plague, set in the Algerian city of Oran, was published more than 70 years ago but seems more relevant than ever
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