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Part 2—Dark Arcadias
2/2 Adam Nicolson explores ideas of Arcadia in western culture and why death is at its heart.
Episode 1—Dark Arcadias
1/2 Adam Nicolson explores ideas of Arcadia in the work of Hesiod, Virgil and Horace.
Europe: The Art of Austerity
Michael Goldfarb asks how Europe's artists and writers saw the Depression of the 1930s.
Barbara Hepworth
Juliet Gardiner profiles Barbara Hepworth, Britain's most successful female sculptor.
El Milagro! - The Miracle of Cartagena
Owen Sheers visits a Colombian city reborn - through its own great literary heritage.
Hume, the Philosophical Historian
Andrew Brown explores philosopher David Hume's witty, provocative career as a historian.
Blockade Runners and Black Minstrels—The American Civil War
4/4 What did Britain do in the American Civil War? Louise Welsh investigates.
Dividing Lines—The American Civil War
3/4 Adam Smith traces the dividing lines of the American Civil War beneath US politics today.
The War of the North—The American Civil War
2/4 Dr Adam Smith explores the world of the North and its war.
The War of the South—The American Civil War
1/4 Adam Smith explores the American South and the Civil War.
