Exiles: Marie Curie
Naomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our world is based on thei...
5 Tammi 13min
Exiles: Karl Marx
Naomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our world is based on thei...
5 Tammi 14min
Live from Hay Literary Festival 2025
As a prelude to a new season of Human Intelligence on Radio 4 Naomi Alderman took the brand on the road. It was a road that lead to the upper Wye valley where Naomi and her guests Professor Rosalind C...
29 Joulu 202534min
Travellers: Aristotle
Aristotle was a philosopher, teacher, collector and all-round polymath. He was also, importantly, a traveller, who allowed new places, especially the rich biodiversity he encountered on the island of ...
24 Maalis 202514min
Travellers: Ida Pfeiffer
Naomi Alderman looks at the mindset and legacy of Ida Pfeiffer, a woman who changed the very idea of travel, who is allowed to do it and why. Traditionally, travelling had always had a purpose – conqu...
24 Maalis 202514min
Travellers: Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys' sequel to Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, changed the way we think about stories forever. Naomi Alderman meets a fellow novelist who put a marginalised character at the centre of the action. ...
24 Maalis 202514min
Travellers: The Buddha
Naomi Alderman explores the thinking of the Buddha, who, as a young prince, ventured outside the palace walls and began his journey towards enlightenment.Siddhartha Gautama lived in a life of rarefied...
24 Maalis 202515min
