Week 5 Civilisations: The debate
Join Dr Leah Clark between 12pm - 2pm on Tuesday 3rd April for a post-viewing discussion of episode five of...
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22 Mar 2018
Week 4 Civilisations: The debate
Join Kathleen Christian on Friday 23 March between 3pm and 4pm for a discussion of Civilisations on...
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22 Mar 2018
Week 2 Civilisations: The debate
Jessica Hughes, a Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, will be reflecting on episode two of Civilisations on...
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08 Mar 2018
Life on the wall: Vindolanda
By Robin Birley
Excavation of a fort on Hadrian's Wall is revealing stories of everyday life on the edge of the Roman Empire,...
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20 Feb 2018
Week 1 Civilisations: The debate
Dr Kathleen Christian, Senior Lecturer in Art History and academic consultant on Civilisations, responds to the...
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19 Feb 2018
The Story Of Maths
Marcus DuSautoy explores the long, surprising history of humankind's relationship with numbers.
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29 Jan 2018
What is a Tunisian dig telling us about female mobility of the Phoenicians?
DNA and archaology are coming together to reveal how multicultural a great Empire was.
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11 Jan 2018
Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods
By Helen King
Professor of Classical Studies Helen King takes a look at historic beliefs around menstrual periods.
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13 Sep 2017
The Perseid meteor shower 2017
The Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak this year on the nights of 11th-13th August. Find out more about meteors,...
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11 Aug 2017
Troy Story: Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Interested in Greek myths? We've condensed the epic narrative of Homer's poems the Iliad and the...
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08 Aug 2017
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