Chinua Achebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After ‘Things Fall Apart’ on the PBS Newshour.
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Newsnight: Is it time to arm the Syrian People?
Pulse co-editor Robin Yassin-Kassab on the BBC’s Newsnight show in an episode dedicated to Syria.
A Tribute to Helen Thomas
Sadly the renowned journalist Helen Thomas passed away on Saturday at the age of 92. In the following two videos we see Helen help Colbert roast Bush at the legendary White House Correspondents’ dinner in 2006 and, in 2010, in a Real News interview, we see her defend herself admirably after her resignation. For more of Helen on the Real News see here or for more on her passing see the following by Ralph Nader: There will Never be Another Helen Thomas.
Chris Hedges: Urban Poverty in America Made Me Question Everything
Launching a new show “Reality Asserts Itself”, Paul Jay interviews author, journalist and activist Chris Hedges about the formative experiences that shaped his world view. Part 1 of 6, the following episodes will be added to this post as they appear.
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Creating a Learning Society
Creating a Learning Society with Professor Joseph Stiglitz and Professor Amartya Sen, at the LSE.
On the Liberty of Republics
Quentin Skinner giving a talk on liberalism and the liberty of republics.
Criminalising Investigative Journalism
The Guns of August
The Guns of August is a documentary film based on Barbara Tuchman’s Pulitzer Prize winning history on the outbreak of World War I.
Brave New World, A Discussion
Melvyn Bragg and guests David Bradshaw, Daniel Pick and Michele Barrett discuss Aldous Huxley’s dystopian 1932 novel, Brave New World.
I, Claudius
I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves’s I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Written by Jack Pulman, it proved one of the corporation’s most successful drama serials of all time.
It starred Derek Jacobi as Claudius, with Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, John Hurt and Patrick Stewart.
Graves’s I, Claudius is in the List Muse 100 Best Novels of All Time and the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels.
For the DVDs try here in the UK and here in the USA.
Source: Wikipedia; For an episode guide see here. There’s a documentary on the series here and there’s a humourous tribute to the show by Sesame Street here.
1. A Touch of Murder
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