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Dear Bridget Kendall, thank you for this really excellent feature on smallpox eradication, and how the world came together to end this scourge. Kudos to you, your The Forum BBC WS colleagues and the experts who participated.
The campaign to eradicate one of the world's deadliest diseases The Forum BBC WS hosted by Bridget Kendall with Bill Foege Emory University World Health Organization (WHO) Gareth Williams Dr Jenner’s House & Anne Marie Moulin bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…
The Forum BBC WS rajan datar Zubaan Books Naropa University Connecticut College Ruchika Jain It was such a pleasure to be in conversation with colleagues and fellow votaries of Lal Ded on The Forum BBC WS ! Thank you, rajan datar for being such a marvellous host!
Why the words of the medieval Kashmiri poet Lal Ded, translated here by Ranjit Hoskote , still speak to us today. rajan datar asks Ranjit, Neerja Mattoo Zubaan Books Andrew Schelling Naropa University Dean Accardi Connecticut College. Ruchika Jain reads the poems bbc.in/2Qwuhau
Wise words from Kashmir, translated by Neerja Mattoo UChicagoPress , who talks about Lal Ded with Ranjit Hoskote Penguin India Andrew Schelling Counterpoint Press Dean Accardi Connecticut College rajan datar bbc.in/2Qwuhau
How do you find wisdom in adversity? Lal Ded, a wandering Kashmiri sage celebrated for her independent spirit shows us one way. rajan datar talks to Neerja Mattoo UChicagoPress Ranjit Hoskote Andrew Schelling Naropa University Dean Accardi Connecticut College bbc.in/2Qwuhau
Fellow Egyptology fans this is a super interesting The Forum BBC WS episode about the secrets of the great pyramid ☺️ - a discussion with Distinguished University Professor Salima Ikram, Dr. Sarah Parcak @JoyceTyldesley
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The great sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury was born #OnThisDay a hundred years ago. To find out more about his work, with Jonathan Eller Ray Bradbury Center Dr Miranda Corcoran @bradburymedia and rajan datar , head to bbc.in/30VQftf
A phone call on Mars? Ray Bradbury’s inventive mind could come up with all kinds of wonderful scenarios. Nathan Osgood plays both the young and the old Barton rajan datar Ray Bradbury Center Dr Miranda Corcoran @bradburymedia bbc.in/2YaT6wP
Simon Goldsmith Aww, thank you! The last public event before lockdown... Do DM me about colour, but I am on holiday without much wifi. Meanwhile, here is a The Forum BBC WS podcast about colour I was part of. Bits of it also featured yesterday in Gemma Cairney's Pick of the Week. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…
”People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it.”
100 years after Ray Bradbury's birth - how have his works stayed so popular? rajan datar speaks to Ray Bradbury Center's Jonathan Eller, Dr Miranda Corcoran and @bradburymedia bbc.in/3anjFUq
Was Ray Bradbury, the renowned author of Fahrenheit 451 and other sci-fi works, trying to predict or prevent the future? rajan datar asks Jonathan Eller Ray Bradbury Center Dr Miranda Corcoran @bradburymedia bbc.in/30VQftf
Want to hear some insightful content about Ray Bradbury? Check out this BBC radio show featuring Drs. Jon Eller, Phil Nichols, and Miranda Corcoran! bbc.in/30QK5Lc #RayBradbury #Listen #ScienceFiction BBCTheForum
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Available now to listen to online or download. Also taking part in the discussion @bradburymedia Dr Miranda Corcoran rajan datar chairs
Our brilliant English UCC colleague, Dr Miranda Corcoran is on this programme! bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…
.The Forum BBC WS: The Birth of Hip-Hop with @GrandMasterCaz, Michael Holman and No Comps
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The Forum BBC WS @SarahEBond rajan datar Macquarie University King's College London I enjoyed that this morning driving to Glasgow from London! An Eastern AND Western Roman Empire - who knew?? #EveryDaysASchoolDay
What lessons can the decline of the Western Roman empire, over 1500 years ago, teach us today? rajan datar asks @SarahEBond Meaghan McEvoy Macquarie University and Peter Heather King's College London bbc.in/2XCyBc8