Prof. Asa Briggs published the first of his five-volume official history of broadcasting in the UK, and he spent the next 35 years on the task. His fifth volume, bringing the story to 1974, appeared in 1995 and was the last.
Set in 1855 on the plantation of Henry Townsend – born a slave, now a slave-owner – The Known World is a triumph of empathy, immersing readers in a complex moral time without making simple judgments. It also “takes an ...
Most people probably know this by now, but in case not, the BBC have recently (finally!) released some 100 extracts from their programme archive under the Creative Archive licence (which I've blogged about before): BBC webpage announcement; and download page here.It's mostly natural history...
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Studio Three is a similar size and shape to the nearby Abbey Road Studio 2, and is likewise renowned for its comfortable acoustic. The control room is visible through the window on the left-hand side of this photo. Unique, unnavigable and steeped in history, the BBC's extraordinary Maida ...
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1. Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)胡诺特·迪亚斯的《奥斯卡·瓦奥短暂而奇妙的一生》（2007年出版）The winner in this BBC Culture critics’ poll is Junot Diaz’s first novel, about New Jersey ghetto-nerd Oscar, who dreams of being the Dominican-American Tolkien ...
Set in 1855 on the plantation of Henry Townsend – born a slave, now a slave-owner – The Known World is a triumph of empathy, immersing readers in a complex moral time without making simple judgments. It also “takes an unflinching and engrossing view of America's messy history”. ...
and explicitly linked the pandemic to the war as a defining moment for modern Britain. This time, she said, the country needs to come together to vanquish an enemy that brings death not in the terrifying bombing raids of the Blitz but in the ord...
experiencing and surviving American slavery,' notes critic Walton Muyumba, author of The Shadow and the Act. C Max Magee, founder and editor of The Millions writes, 'Jones's novel has an epic, complex sweep and takes an unflinching and engrossing view of America's messy history.' (Amistad...