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The Value of Humanities

Read by Helen Small


Helen Small


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Value of Humanities: Then and Now

In Oxford Humanities - Research Showcase: Global Exploration, Innovation and Influe…

Read by Helen Small


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Why should we study the humanities?

In Challenging the Canon

Read by Helen Small and Ilana Lassman


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today

In St Anne's College

Read by Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today

In Alumni Weekend

Read by Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Vanity Fair (version 2)

Read by Helen Taylor


William Makepeace Thackeray


One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mo…

The Enchanted April (version 2)

Read by Helen Taylor


Elizabeth Von Arnim


Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holi…

The Benefactress

Read by Helen Taylor


Elizabeth Von Arnim


Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…

The Story of the Amulet

Read by Helen Taylor


E. Nesbit


The third of the series featuring Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane: four children who are, as they often say, "the sort of people that wo…

The Phoenix and the Carpet (version 2)

Read by Helen Taylor


E. Nesbit


Five children discover a mysterious egg in their new nursery carpet - an egg which hatches into a magical talking Phoenix! The carpet is a m…

Love's Shadow

Read by Helen Taylor


Ada Leverson


The first in a trilogy of books known together as 'The Little Ottleys', this is a sparkling social comedy set in Edwardian London. Ada Lever…

Somehow Good

Read by Helen Taylor


William Frend De Morgan


A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…

The Fortunate Foundlings

Read by Helen Taylor


Eliza Haywood


A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman each trying to make their way in the wide world. Horatio and …

Tenterhooks

Read by Helen Taylor


Ada Leverson


The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', b…