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Translators of Homer

On Translating Homer, published in January 1861, was a printed version of the series of public lectures given by Matthew Arnold as Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 3 November 1860 to 18 December 1860. Arnold's purpose was to discuss how his principles of literary criticism applied to the two Homeric epics and to the translation of a classical text.

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Lawrence of Arabia

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lawrence of Arabia, the legend and its context, an idea drawn from over 1200 suggested by listeners this autumn

5 December 2019

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Featuring: Hussein Omar, Catriona Pennell, Neil Faulkner

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Pope

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the satirist Alexander Pope. One of the greatest poets of the English language, his brilliant satires have made him popular in our age but not in his own.

9 November 2006

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Featuring: John Mullan, Jim McLaverty, Valerie Rumbold

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William Morris

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the many aspects of William Morris: his activism, poetry and prose and his ideas on arts, crafts and work in an industrial world.

5 July 2018

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Featuring: Ingrid Hanson, Marcus Waithe, Jane Thomas

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