Videos
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Thinkers and theories
Bernard Williams on Descartes’s audacious endeavour to prove knowledge is possible
43 minutes
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Subcultures
The cast of ‘misfit toys’ who keep life on an idyllic tourist island afloat
7 minutes
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Ageing and death
When his elderly parents make a suicide pact, Doron struggles to accept their choice
19 minutes
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Biography and memoir
What Akiko saw at the centre of the Hiroshima blast, and the indelible mark it left
7 minutes
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Biology
To understand the limits of human senses, look to the wild world of animal cognition
45 minutes
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Design and fashion
From sheep to sea – an ode to the iconic sweater that warms Cornish sailors
4 minutes
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Art
The revolutionary artist who propelled the Black Panther movement with imagery
8 minutes
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Knowledge
Yes, the Inuit have dozens of words for snow – but what does each one mean exactly?
6 minutes
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Technology and the self
One woman prepares for the risky solitude of Georgia O’Keeffe’s American West
8 minutes
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History of science
How one of history’s most beautiful books was used to find fate in the cosmos
6 minutes
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The ancient world
Sappho’s homoerotic poetry was beloved in ancient Greece – and burned centuries later
5 minutes
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Evolution
Symmetry rules life on Earth – but it comes with many fascinating exceptions
9 minutes