With Frankenstein Mary Shelley created not only a literary classic, but also an enduringly poignant antiheroic character in the manmade monster who still stalks popular culture today – 200 years after the book was first published in 1818
Tarka the Otter needed defending. In an age of social media and online advocacy someone had to step up and promote the book for a new generation
We speak to award-winning journalist and author Rob Cowen about his book, Common Ground, being voted the third best-loved piece of nature writing in the UK
Ahead of the announcement of this year's group of New Generation Thinkers, here's an interview between New Generation Thinkers, Dr Alistair Fraser and Dr Sophie Coulombeau.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science might not seem like the first choice of event for archaeologists researching Iron Age settlements in the UK. But the truth is, archaeologists break through the boundaries between science and humanities all the time
To mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, we speak to political historian Adrian Bingham what the vote meant for ordinary people.
To mark the centenary of the Representation of the people act that gave some women in the UK the vote for the first time, we’ve interviewed three suffrage scholars on why February 6th 1918 is a date none of us should forget.
Dr Sumita Mukherjee talks to us about how the Indian women who took part in campaigns for suffrage were represented.
I’m convinced that we should all be reading Ovid. And it’s not just because I believe his poetry has special relevance and meaning for millions of us in these strange and unsettling times.
As part of the the Association of British Orchestra’s Conference in Cardiff today, Alan Davey, Controller of BBC Radio 3, unveiled the exciting news that there will be a special concert on International Women's Day, which will premiere the works of five forgotten women composers.
