Tag Archives: Desert Island Discs

Watt Tyler aka Professor Adrian R Bell #HistorialDesertIslandDiscs

Posted on April 7, 2020 by readinghistory

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 →

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Sir Isaac Newton by Amie Bolissian-McRae #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs

Posted on April 3, 2020 by readinghistory

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 →

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Desert Island Darwin by Professor David Stack #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs

Posted on March 25, 2020 by readinghistory

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 →

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