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Dwight D Eisenhower by Dr Mark Shanahan #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
We hope you had a restful Easter break but we are delighted to get back in the saddle and welcome our second guest blogger Dr Mark Shanahan (University of Reading, Department of Politics and International Relations). Mark has a vinyl … Continue reading
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Watt Tyler aka Professor Adrian R Bell #HistorialDesertIslandDiscs
In the first of our guest blogs we hear from our Research Dean for Prosperity and Resilience and Chair in the History of Finance at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School Professor Adrian R Bell. In this edition, we reveal … Continue reading
Sir Isaac Newton by Amie Bolissian-McRae #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
Something for the weekend? Today’s castaway is the renowned seventeenth century English natural philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and iconic self-isolationist, Sir Isaac Newton. Reportedly a deeply strange man, but inspired thinker, Newton was the very first European ‘scientist’ to receive a … Continue reading
‘Dictating to the Dictators’ by Professor Matt Worley #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
In the second of a series, here are the Desert Island discs for a gaggle of dictators quarantined on an island for our own protection. Given their heinous crimes, they don’t get to pick the tracks. Instead, I do (‘dictating … Continue reading
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Desert Island Darwin by Professor David Stack #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
Today’s castaway is a nineteenth century scientist who, by formulating what the philosopher Daniel Dennett called ‘the single best idea anyone ever had,’ changed the way in which we understand life on earth. Our guest today is Charles Darwin (1809-1882). … Continue reading
