S1 Ep50: Richard Ovenden - A History of Knowledge Under Attack

Richard Ovenden is arguably the world's most famous librarian, presiding over the Oxford University's Bodleian, a sprawling collection of manuscripts and artefacts that represent the evolution of culture through the ages. In this episode he travels 3000 years from the dawn of literature to the present day, from donkeys on clay tablets to donkeys leading parliament; an age of digital abundance where information storage and exploitation trumps knowledge preservation and truth - unless of course we are prepared to do something about it.