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The Last of the Valerii

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


An unnamed American painter resident in Rome serves as narrator in this story, watching as his god-daughter Martha, becomes the wife of Prin…

A Little Swiss Sojourn

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


William Dean Howells


A charming brief account of a two months' autumnal stay on the shores of the Lake of Geneva. Howells, who was there with his family travelin…

Peccavi

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


E. W. Hornung


How does a man who as committed a heavy sin — not a crime, but a sin with terrible consequences — atone for his behaviour? What if the man i…

Another Study of Woman

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Honoré de Balzac


A series of tales -- told by men, of course -- about women. Though the book first appeared in 1842, Balzac later added to it as an addenfum …

The Papers

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Today the world is awash with “celebrities” whose only accomplishment is being celebrated by the media in all its various forms. Henry James…

Sir Edmund Orme

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Henry James wrote a number of ghost stories -- The Turn of the Screw being the most famous. Did he believe in ghosts himself, as did many of…

The Birthplace

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Neither the name of Shakespeare nor that of Stratford appears directly in this short piece by James, and yet both are absolutely central to …

Frederic the Great

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Thomas Babington Macaulay


Macaulay's review essay on Frederick the Great of Prussia is found in vol. iii of his Critical and Historical Essays, and concentrates prima…

Coningsby, or The New Generation

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Benjamin Disraeli


Coningsby is the first of trilogy of political novels that Disraeli published in the 1840s, and gives an insight into his views of the polit…

Lord Clive

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Thomas Babington Macaulay


Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…

Seven Men

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Max Beerbohm


In order to liven up the literary history of Great Britain in the 1890s (as if Oscar Wilde, Stevenson, Kipling, Hardy, etc., were not lively…

Warren Hastings

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Thomas Babington Macaulay


"Warren Hastings" is Chapter IV of Thomas Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays, vol. III. It first appeared in the Edinburgh …

La Grande Bretèche

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Honoré de Balzac


La Grande Bretèche is an addendum to Balzac's Another Study of Woman, and is the final of a set of stories told around a dinner table…

E-Learning Podcasts

Read by Karl Harrison and Orla De Burca


Karl Harrison and Orla De Burca


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Fall of the Roman Empire (Bryan Ward-Perkins)

Read by Bryan Ward-Perkins and Oliver Lewis


Bryan Ward-Perkins and Oliver Lewis


University of Oxford Podcasts

GothHaus

Read by Emerian Rich and M. J. Hahn


Emerian Rich and M. J. Hahn


HorrorAddicts.net presents, GothHaus, the comedy reality show with a deadly twist. GothHaus is about a group of Goths, picked to live in a h…

Darwin 200

Read by Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman


Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman


University of Oxford Podcasts

Origins of Nature

Read by Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams and Anthony Kenny


Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams and Anthony Kenny


University of Oxford Podcasts

Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis

Read by Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward and Jeni Whalen


Ngaire Woods, Christina Ward and Jeni Whalen


University of Oxford Podcasts

La Bella Principessa: A Leonardo Discovered

Read by Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


University of Oxford Podcasts

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