Art and Literature
by Newcastle University
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Description
Newcastle University's Insights Public Lectures aim to inform, stimulate, entertain, and excite debate. The lectures cover a wide range of disciplines frequently touching on contemporary issues, particularly those that affect our daily lives and are delivered by distinguished speakers in their field. Here you will find recordings of lectures on the arts and literature.
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1 |
Enlisting Dumbledore's Army: children's stories and human rights | -- | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
The Bohemian Diaspora: my relationship to the art world | -- | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
The struggle for black British literature | -- | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
The Talk of the Toon: a linguistic 'time capsule' for the Google generation | -- | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Beauty and nature: why the National Trusts founding ambitions matter more than ever today | -- | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Ten years in a gown: some reflections on a decade of change in and outside the University | -- | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 |
The Blitz: attrition, endurance and experimentation | -- | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Fighting words: the write to right | -- | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9 |
William Armstrong, Magician of the North: the man who laid the foundations for Newcastle University | -- | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day | -- | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 |
Newcastles new City Library: a beacon for book, knowledge and space | -- | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 |
Re-make/re-model: art, pop, fashion and the making of Roxy Music, 1953-1972 | -- | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13 |
Senseless huge wars | -- | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 |
Renewable energy-headline or sideline? | -- | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 |
Thomas Hardy | -- | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16 |
Signs of change: the lost world of enamel advertising | -- | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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17 |
Life on air: a history of Radio Four | -- | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18 |
'The nobler powers of harmony': Avison and the concerto in context | -- | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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19 |
The Anatomy of Renaissance Singing | -- | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20 |
Ruth Belville: The Greenwich Time Lady | -- | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21 |
The flower hunters: botanical explorers of the nineteenth century | -- | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22 |
Words matter | -- | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 |
The Great Silence: 1918-20 Living in the shadow of the Great War | -- | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24 |
Abstraction and wit in black heritage and modern times | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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25 |
Six necessary ingredients for a successful play | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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26 |
Why all fiction should be young adult fiction | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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27 |
Eighty-four per cent of masterplans are completely useless | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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28 |
The Backbone Shiver: Darwin and the arts | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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29 |
The development of the Great North Museum: Hancock | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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30 |
Patterns and puzzles: the tricks of memory | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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31 |
Art in dark times: John Pipers wartime search for an english vision | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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32 |
Language and music: same structures, different building blocks | -- | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 32 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Wonderful
Very informative, thorough, and quite interesting. Easy understanding and listening, and I'm an American even!










