Great Lives

Great Lives

Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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Episoder(408)

Katherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII

Katherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII

In her book The Taming of the Queen, Philippa Gregory asks a simple question of her subject, Katherine Parr. Who would marry a serial killer? Katherine Parr has been largely overlooked because she sur...

8 Des 202027min

Xuanzang, Chinese monk and traveller

Xuanzang, Chinese monk and traveller

It was an extraordinary journey, and a life that reads like a fairy tale. Xuanzang was born at the start of the seventh century in China. He studied as a monk and travelled for 16 years - first westwa...

29 Sep 202027min

James Graham on John Maynard Keynes

James Graham on John Maynard Keynes

James Graham, the award-winning playwright whose work includes the TV dramas "Brexit: The Uncivil War" and "Quiz", tells Matthew Parris why he is inspired by the life and work of John Maynard Keynes. ...

22 Sep 202027min

Sir David Adjaye on Okwui Enwezor

Sir David Adjaye on Okwui Enwezor

“I was astonished by the experience of standing there, where the two oceans met. I knew at that very moment this would be my concept: the meeting of worlds". Okwui Enwezor.For centuries, the art esta...

15 Sep 202027min

Tom Allen on Kenneth Williams

Tom Allen on Kenneth Williams

Comedian and presenter Tom Allen first discovered Kenneth Williams as a young boy, watching the Carry On films and listening to Round the Horne with his mum. He joins Matthew Parris and Kenneth's biog...

8 Sep 202027min

Ernie Bevin, forgotten political giant

Ernie Bevin, forgotten political giant

Ernie Bevin led an extraordinary life. Born in Somerset in 1881, his father is unknown and his mother died when he was eight. He left his job as a farm labourer age 11 and moved to Bristol, where he h...

1 Sep 202027min

Jessie Ware on Donna Summer

Jessie Ware on Donna Summer

Jessie Ware is a singer, songwriter and podcaster. Her latest, critically acclaimed, album, What's Your Pleasure?, draws inspiration from soul, funk, boogie, and disco - and, notably, the work of the ...

25 Aug 202027min

Peter Frankopan on Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Peter Frankopan on Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Bearded, profoundly deaf and somewhat eccentric, Tsiolkovsky's theoretical work means he is, for many, the "father of space travel". He died in 1935, and so never saw his research come to fruition. ...

18 Aug 202027min

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