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The Birthplace

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Neither the name of Shakespeare nor that of Stratford appears directly in this short piece by James, and yet both are absolutely central to …

Frederic the Great

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Thomas Babington Macaulay


Macaulay's review essay on Frederick the Great of Prussia is found in vol. iii of his Critical and Historical Essays, and concentrates prima…

Oxford on Film: From Attic to Archive

Read by Peter Robinson and Hannah Lucas


Peter Robinson and Hannah Lucas


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Coningsby, or The New Generation

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Benjamin Disraeli


Coningsby is the first of trilogy of political novels that Disraeli published in the 1840s, and gives an insight into his views of the polit…

Lord Clive

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Thomas Babington Macaulay


Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…

Seven Men

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Max Beerbohm


In order to liven up the literary history of Great Britain in the 1890s (as if Oscar Wilde, Stevenson, Kipling, Hardy, etc., were not lively…

Warren Hastings

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Thomas Babington Macaulay


"Warren Hastings" is Chapter IV of Thomas Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays, vol. III. It first appeared in the Edinburgh …

La Grande Bretèche

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Honoré de Balzac


La Grande Bretèche is an addendum to Balzac's Another Study of Woman, and is the final of a set of stories told around a dinner table…

Teddy Talks

Read by Lionel Barber and David Waring


Lionel Barber and David Waring


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Oriel College

Read by John Stevenson and Moira Wallace


John Stevenson and Moira Wallace


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The Zaharoff Lecture

Read by Dominique Rabaté and Michael Sheringham


Dominique Rabaté and Michael Sheringham


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E-Learning Podcasts

Read by Karl Harrison and Orla De Burca


Karl Harrison and Orla De Burca


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The Fall of the Roman Empire (Bryan Ward-Perkins)

Read by Bryan Ward-Perkins and Oliver Lewis


Bryan Ward-Perkins and Oliver Lewis


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GothHaus

Read by Emerian Rich and M. J. Hahn


Emerian Rich and M. J. Hahn


HorrorAddicts.net presents, GothHaus, the comedy reality show with a deadly twist. GothHaus is about a group of Goths, picked to live in a h…

Darwin 200

Read by Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman


Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman


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Origins of Nature

Read by Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams and Anthony Kenny


Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams and Anthony Kenny


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Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis

Read by Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward and Jeni Whalen


Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward and Jeni Whalen


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La Bella Principessa: A Leonardo Discovered

Read by Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


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Jesus College

Read by Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg


Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg


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Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin

Read by Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill


Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill


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