In this April Books Special, we'll find out how the Oxford English Dictionary was crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people from astronomers to murderers, with author Dr Sarah Ogilvie, Senior Research Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Oxford; we'll also explore one of the bloodiest periods in English history known as the Anarchy with author and historian Sharon Bennett Connolly; and discuss two centuries of Plantagenet history which included the murder of kings and a devastating pandemic, in the book 'Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State' with Dr Caroline Burt, medieval historian at the University of Cambridge, and Richard Partington, Fellow in History at St John's College, University of Cambridge.
January Books Special
Mozart
Christmas At The White House
Newgrange
Wolfe Tone
December Books Special
Ireland and Imperialism
Napoleon
1700s Landscape Design
The Exploration of Space
The Irish Origins of Halloween
Sarah Purser
The National Archives
Ireland's History with Slavery
October Books Special
The History of the GAA
King David
September Books Special
J.R.R. Tolkien
August Books Special
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