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.
The Life & Death of Lord Castlereagh
Inside the Crime: The Charles Self Murder
Mussolini and Fascist Italy
The Great Irish Famine
Agatha Christie: Her Life and Legacy, featuring Lucy Worsley
Pioneering Dublin Women and The History of Mapping Ireland
The GPO
The Irish Civil War: How It Impacted Kerry
Oliver Cromwell
The Forgotten Radical Irish Theatre Entrepreneur, The Celts, and How Russia Views Its History
9/11: A History
Queen Elizabeth II Special
Best of September Books
The Four Courts Fire
Michael Collins: 100th Anniversary
Best of August Books: The Assassination of Henry Wilson, and Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress
The History of the CIA
Peig Sayers: The Untold Story
Classical Music and Art: Bach, Schumann and Van Gogh
Irish Artefacts
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