Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Gay academics

The Gay Academic Union (GAU) was a group of LGBT academics who aimed at making the academia more amenable to the LGBT community in the United States. It was formed in April 1973, just four years after the Stonewall riots, held 4 yearly conferences (the last in November, 1976) and conducted other scholarly activities.

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  1. Alan Turing

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of the founder of computer science - whose work helped crack enemy codes in WW2 - and his exploration of artificial intelligence.

    15 October 2020

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    Featuring: Leslie Ann Goldberg, Simon Schaffer, Andrew Hodges

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    ScienceTheoretical biologistsEnglish atheists20th-century English mathematiciansLGBTQ mathematicians, LGBTQ philosophers20th-century English philosophersFellows of the Royal Society20th-century atheistsEnglish logiciansSuicides by cyanide poisoningGay scientistsEnglish inventorsCastrated people20th-century English LGBTQ peopleEnglish people of Scottish descentEnglish people of Irish descentPeople convicted for homosexuality in the United Kingdom, People who have received posthumous pardonsGay academicsComputer designers

  2. Auden

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and poetry from Europe before WWII, reflecting on his travels to Spain, China and Germany and the rise of totalitarianism.

    19 December 2019

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    Featuring: Mark Ford, Janet Montefiore, Jeremy Noel-Tod

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    CultureAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male dramatists and playwrights20th-century English male writersAmerican male essayists, American male poets20th-century American male writersAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish LGBTQ poetsGay academics20th-century English poets20th-century English non-fiction writersGay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poetsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersEnglish emigrants to the United StatesAnglican poetsAmerican lecturersModernist theatre20th-century American essayistsEnglish male poetsAmerican LGBTQ poetsEnglish literary criticsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordNaturalized citizens of the United StatesEnglish essayistsFormalist poetsLGBTQ AnglicansOxford Professors of PoetryEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayists