Daniel Pick
Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London
1 episode
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CultureEnglish male poetsPhilosophers of literatureEnglish essayistsEnglish male novelistsEnglish male short story writersEnglish travel writersPhilosophers of technologyAnti-consumeristsEnglish satiristsEnglish agnostics20th-century English novelistsMale essayistsEnglish short story writersJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients20th-century English philosophersBritish philosophers of mindEnglish emigrants to the United States20th-century mysticsNew Age predecessors20th-century British essayistsBritish philosophers of culture, English pacifistsEnglish science fiction writersPeople educated at Eton CollegeAlumni of Balliol College, OxfordLost Generation writersDuke University faculty
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 novel Brave New World and its vision of a future of test tube babies, free love and round-the-clock surveillance.
9 April 2009
Also featuring: David Bradshaw, Michèle Barrett
Culture20th-century English novelistsEnglish travel writersPhilosophers of literatureEnglish male short story writersJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients20th-century English philosophersPhilosophers of technologyMale essayistsEnglish emigrants to the United StatesBritish philosophers of culture, English pacifistsEnglish science fiction writersEnglish male novelistsBritish philosophers of mindPeople educated at Eton CollegeEnglish male poetsAnti-consumerists20th-century mysticsAlumni of Balliol College, OxfordEnglish short story writersNew Age predecessorsEnglish essayistsEnglish satirists20th-century British essayistsLost Generation writersEnglish agnosticsDuke University faculty