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The Essay New Generation Thinkers 2017 Episodes

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  1. Dining with the Nightmare

    5/5 Daisy Hay on the role in the history of English Romanticism of publisher Joseph Johnson.

  2. A Tale of Restoration Murder, Barbarous and Inhumane

    4/5 Tom Charlton explores press reporting, scandal and politics in the 17th century.

  3. Resisting Tyranny

    3/5 Jonathan Healey on changing ways of resistance to state control and prevailing ideology.

  4. A Focus on Fasting

    2/5 Christopher Kissane from the London School of Economics explores the history of fasting.

  5. A Romanticist Reflects on Breastfeeding

    1/5 Corin Throsby explores attitudes towards breastfeeding.