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Great British Ideas

Sunday Feature

Series in which historian Tristram Hunt rediscovers the stories of three ideas that emerged in Britain - and then traces how their impact has spread far beyond our shores

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JA Hobson, Lenin and Anti-Imperialism

All available episodes (3 total)

  • What was really wrong with Beethoven?

    Georgia Mann and neurosurgeon Henry Marsh explore the puzzle of Beethoven鈥檚 poor health.

  • What composer Gabriel Prokofiev and I found in Putin's Moscow...

  • Six classic works of literature we wouldn't have read if they hadn't been smuggled...

  • Seven images inspired by the grid

  • The field recordings Attenborough of music performances around the world.

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