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Body Arts: The Flexible Body

In Pitt Rivers Museum

Read by Mike O'Hanlon and Stanley Ulijaszek


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Marriage of the Arts

In Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

Read by Jim Locke


Isaac D'Israeli


This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tou…

The Fine Arts, Part 1

In Beacon Lights of History, Vol 3: Ancient Achievements

Read by KHand


John Lord


The third book in the Beacon Lights of History series, Lord discusses achievements such as the formation of laws, the development of the fin…

Des beaux-arts en Allemagne

In De l'Allemagne

Read by Christiane Jehanne


Madame Germaine De Staël


Toute l'érudition littéraire si variée et étendue, et les convictions politiques de Madame Germaine de Staë…

MUSIC, ACOUSTICS, OPTICS, FINE ARTS.

In Inventions in the Century

Read by Beeswaxcandle


William Henry Doolittle


The author was an Expert and Patent Solicitor, Ex-Examiner in the Patent Office and AssistantCommissioner of Patents at Washington, Writer o…

THE SYREN’S ARTS AND CHARMS

In The Mysteries of London Vol. IV

Read by MajorHistory


George W. M. Reynolds


The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the fourth and final volume. I…

The College of Athletic Arts

In The Magic of Oz (version 2)

Read by Phil Chenevert


L. Frank Baum


This is the second to last book in the OZ series that Baum actually wrote himself before he passed away. "A Faithful Record of the R…

09 - Interest in the Arts

In How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Read by Mark F. Smith


Arnold Bennett


"Which of us lives on twenty-four hours a day? And when I say 'lives,' I do not mean exists, nor 'muddles through.'" -- Arnold Ben…

Seven Liberal Arts - Ship Bells

In 1000 Things Worth Knowing

Read by Marta A


Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.


Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…

How the Arts Are Transformed

In The Psychology of Peoples: Its Influence on Their Evolution

Read by Oxenhandler


Gustave Le Bon


"It is barely a century and a half ago that certain philosophers, who, it should be remarked, were very ignorant of the primitive histo…

Hogs and the Fine Arts

In Pomona's Travels

Read by Sibella Denton


Frank R. Stockton


Pomona and Jone of Rudder Grange fame travel to England and Scotland. Along the way, Pomona tangles with wild pigs, haymaking, hotels great …

The Music of the Mystery of a Hansom Cab

In Fergus Hume The Mystery of a Hansom Cab


Books and Arts Daily


Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Murder  mystery  set in 1886 Melbourne It's the mid-1880s in boom-time Melbourne an…

Class dismissed... Art, creativity and education

In Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Read by Vik Muniz


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Kant's little East Prussian Head and Other Reasons why we Write

In Rothermere American Institute

Read by Claire Messud


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Episode 07

In The Hidden Institute

Read by Brand Gamblin


Brand Gamblin


Rising above your station can be deadly. Cliffy is a child born on the streets of a Neo-Victorian world. Witnesses to a murder, he blackmai…

OxPeace 2014: Session 2a: Arts, Culture and Peace part 3

In Building Peace

Read by Chipo Chung


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

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