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...become the most prominent woman in the Soviet administration following the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 when was appointed People's Commissar for Social Welfare. Kollontai was born into St. Petersburg nobility; she married in 1893 and bore a son but soon felt constrained by married life. Her political interests were triggered following a visit to a textile factory where...

...become 'globalised', as alternative readings of the art of the period take into account of the interdependencies that bound Europe to the rest of the world. In this episode Simon Schama looks at a wide range of art, architecture, and material culture, to think about how different types of ‘Renaissances’ were taking part all over the world, creating some astonishing...

...becoming well informed about the revolutions taking place in Latin America against Spanish rule. A rebel sympathizer, she joined the conspiracy to liberate Lima and Peru. By the time that she left her husband and met Bolívar on her return to her home town, Quito, she was already a recognised patriot. In the following eight years Sáenz supported Bolívar and the cause of...

...Becoming a Buddhist monk Trainees come from all over Sri Lanka to a Theravada centre near Colombo to train as monks. For local people too it is an important cultural institution Everyday Jewish life Leslie and Irene Lancaster on the everyday life of a Jewish family. Greek orthodox Holy communion Holy communion in the Greek orthodox church Three different Sikh temples...