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The Forum Clips

1. The ballet that provoked a brawl

   Duration: 02:34

2. How Hollywood nearly missed out on its greatest comedian

   Duration: 00:42

3. How coal turned China into an 11th century superpower

   Duration: 00:47

4. The perils of visiting the toilet in Ancient Rome

   Duration: 01:14

5. How Stoicism can help you lead a ‘good life’

   Duration: 01:44

6. The founder of the world’s earliest public health system?

   Duration: 01:16

7. Death by snakebite – fact or fiction?

   Duration: 00:39

8. One man’s quest to save Vienna

   Duration: 02:11

9. What does it take to be considered cool?

   Duration: 01:07

10. The iconic Frida Kahlo dress

    Duration: 01:06

11. The scramble for German aircraft technology

    Duration: 01:48

12. The original supersleuth!

    Duration: 00:31

13. How do you move a whole country to a new calendar?

    Duration: 00:55

14. James Baldwin’s arrival in Paris

    Duration: 00:48

15. The mathematical wonders of the Acropolis

    Duration: 00:44

16. Would ‘Engelsism’ be a more accurate name for Marxism?

    Duration: 01:14

17. The ‘boundless and unlimited’ generosity of one Mughal Empress

    Duration: 01:40

18. Could Waiting for Godot ever be performed by women?

    Duration: 02:05

19. Magnificent festivals, 17th century Roman style

    Duration: 01:21

20. The World as a Vortex of Lines

    Duration: 01:05

21. Why Mark Twain’s words still resonate with us in 2018

    Duration: 02:15

22. Transforming hospital surgery with carbolic acid

    Duration: 01:19

23. How do you count sheep without any numbers?

    Duration: 01:28

24. How the words to ‘Jerusalem’ were nearly lost forever

    Duration: 01:38