The Forum
A podcast by BBC World Service - Saturdays
398 Episodes
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Lifting the lid: The history of the toilet
Published: 8/11/2018 -
Calm in the chaos: The story of the Stoics
Published: 1/11/2018 -
Cambodia's ancient Khmer Empire
Published: 27/10/2018 -
Who was the real Cleopatra?
Published: 20/10/2018 -
Karl Kraus: Austria’s fearless satirist
Published: 13/10/2018 -
Cool: Sunglasses, style and American counter-culture
Published: 6/10/2018 -
Frida Kahlo: A life in colour
Published: 29/09/2018 -
The Jet Engine
Published: 22/09/2018 -
Edgar Allan Poe: Master of horror
Published: 15/09/2018 -
The Making of Modern Japan
Published: 8/09/2018 -
The American author James Baldwin
Published: 1/09/2018 -
The Acropolis: Cradle of democracy
Published: 25/08/2018 -
Friedrich Engels: The Man Behind Karl Marx
Published: 18/08/2018 -
Empress Nur Jahan: Leader of the Mughals
Published: 11/08/2018 -
Waiting for Godot: The play that changed the rules of theatre
Published: 4/08/2018 -
Christina of Sweden: Queen of surprises
Published: 28/07/2018 -
Vincent van Gogh: The struggling artist
Published: 21/07/2018 -
Mark Twain: The 'father of American literature'
Published: 14/07/2018 -
Pioneers of surgical hygiene
Published: 7/07/2018 -
The invention of numbers
Published: 30/06/2018
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