The Forum

395 Episodes

1. Mary Somerville: The queen of 19th-Century science

   Published: 11/18/2021
2. The Malayan Emergency

   Published: 11/11/2021
3. The Devils: Dostoevsky’s novel of political evil

   Published: 11/4/2021
4. A focus on spectacles

   Published: 10/28/2021
5. Sarah Bernhardt: Queen of stage and screen

   Published: 10/21/2021
6. A dirty history of diamonds

   Published: 10/14/2021
7. The story of Evita

   Published: 10/7/2021
8. Sushi: The Japanese dish with an ancient tradition

   Published: 9/30/2021
9. Toni Morrison: The legacy of a literary legend

   Published: 9/23/2021
10. Algorithms: From the ancients to the internet

    Published: 9/16/2021
11. Louder! How the electric guitar conquered popular music

    Published: 9/9/2021
12. Luigi Pirandello: Italian dramatist who brought chaos to the stage

    Published: 9/2/2021
13. Mars: A history of the Red Planet

    Published: 8/26/2021
14. A radiant light: The Indonesian poet Amir Hamzah

    Published: 8/19/2021
15. Sailing by the stars: The pioneering voyages of David Lewis

    Published: 8/12/2021
16. Inside the mind of crime writer Patricia Highsmith

    Published: 8/5/2021
17. Ibn Sina: The Persian polymath

    Published: 8/2/2021
18. The Panama Canal: The real story behind the engineering triumph

    Published: 7/29/2021
19. Ida Pfeiffer: 19th Century globetrotter

    Published: 7/22/2021
20. Rain or shine? A short history of the weather forecast

    Published: 7/15/2021