155 Episodes

  1. Human Conditions: ‘Anti-Semite and Jew’ by Jean-Paul Sartre

    Published: 14/01/2024

  2. On Satire: 'The Praise of Folly' by Desiderius Erasmus

    Published: 4/01/2024

  3. Introducing: Among the Ancients II

    Published: 3/01/2024

  4. Introducing: On Satire

    Published: 1/01/2024

  5. Introducing: Human Conditions

    Published: 1/01/2024

  6. The Long and Short: Elizabeth Bowen

    Published: 24/12/2023

  7. Among the Ancients: Seneca

    Published: 14/12/2023

  8. Medieval Beginnings: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

    Published: 4/12/2023

  9. The Long and Short: Alice Oswald's ‘Dart’ and ‘Memorial’

    Published: 24/11/2023

  10. Among the Ancients: Ovid

    Published: 14/11/2023

  11. Medieval Beginnings: The Digby Mary Magdalene Play

    Published: 4/11/2023

  12. The Long and Short: Nella Larsen's 'Passing' and Langston Hughes's 'Montage of a Dream Deferred'

    Published: 24/10/2023

  13. Among the Ancients: Horace

    Published: 15/10/2023

  14. Medieval Beginnings: Middle English Lyrics

    Published: 4/10/2023

  15. The Long and Short: Ted Hughes's 'Gaudete'

    Published: 24/09/2023

  16. Among the Ancients: Virgil

    Published: 14/09/2023

  17. Medieval Beginnings: Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

    Published: 4/09/2023

  18. The Long and Short: James Joyce's Dubliners

    Published: 24/08/2023

  19. Among the Ancients: Lucretius

    Published: 14/08/2023

  20. Medieval Beginnings: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Published: 4/08/2023

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