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If you’re new to In Our Time, this is a good place to Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the
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History Philosophy

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Historical themes, events and key individuals from
Akhenaten to Xenophon.
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Religion
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From Nero to zero
Nine key facts about the infamous Roman emperor.
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From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers,
theories and key themes.
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Science
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Seven things that might surprise you
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Some of the fascinating things we have learned about
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Fabulous flights The wave: the world’s first viral image

13 amazing facts about bird migration. Helen Nianias reflects on the popularity of Hokusai's
Great Wave.

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Arts and Ideas podcast "Especially to us reading now, that seems

Download the best of Radio 3's Free Thinking like a massive hole in the book. It seems
programme. ridiculous."
An In Our Time panel on George Orwell's
portrayal of Proles in Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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'It remains shocking today' 'Romeo is slightly ridiculous in the early

Matthias Wivel and Sarah Vowles explain the
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Sistine Chapel's captivating altar wall Prof Helen Hackett explains Romeo's melancholy
in the first part of Shakespeare's play.

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Why did Nero kill his mother?

Prof Maria Wyke explores Nero's motivation for
having his mother killed.

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