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Dr Naomi Appleton specialises in early Buddhist thought. In this Radio Four programme, one of the excellent OU/BBC History of Ideas series, she outlines the way in which suffering arises from craving, and ways in which we can learn to … Continue reading
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“The man who was responsible for supervising the first National Curriculum of over 100 years ago was the Senior Chief Inspector, Edmond Holmes. When he retired he wrote a book in which he condemned all that he had been doing … Continue reading
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If you were listening to Monday’s Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 you may have heard one of our 3D Eye tweets read aloud whilst the programme was on air: “@BBCWomansHour : Today’s programme is essential listening for all who … Continue reading
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The BBC has again come up with a masterpiece of broadcasting thanks to Radio 4 and Melvyn Bragg. The current series of programmes about “Culture”, which is on air at 9.00am every morning this week, is fascinating. Today’s programme was … Continue reading
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Hilary seems like a decent and interesting person. Apparently she’s one of the multi-millionaire panel members on a television programme called ‘Dragon’s Den’. She’s typecast, obviously, but she seems down to earth, plain-spoken, intelligent and extremely astute. She’s led an … Continue reading
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It was good to hear Professor Michael Sandel back on Radio 4 this morning: Sharing The American Dream http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2012/10/the_public_philosopher_part_2.html Various issues were raised in the programme, which took the form of a Socratic dialogue with an audience at Harvard University: What is … Continue reading
Sigh. It’s hard to stay positive sometimes. Much as I admire and respect the BBC’s efforts to inform, educate and entertain, I hate it when serious programmes are required to ‘balance’ their presentations by including zealous, elitist, think-tank idiots. And … Continue reading
“What is education FOR? Is it to teach us the nature of reality, or to give us the tools to deal with it?” So said Melvyn Bragg in the introduction to his “In Our Time” programme which focused on education, … Continue reading
. The featured scientist on “The Life Scientific” this morning (Radio 4, 9.00am) was Nicky Clayton. Professor of Comparative Cognition at the University of Cambridge and fellow of The Royal Society, Nicky Clayton says intelligence in birds like crows and … Continue reading
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