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Are freedom, peace, and justice incompatible agendas?

In Weidenfeld Debates

Read by louise arbour, Nick Rawlins, roland berger, Adam Roberts and tamaz szigeti


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University of Oxford Podcasts

The Warden (version 2)

Read by Jessica Louise


Anthony Trollope


Anthony Trollope sets the scene for his wonderful Chronicles of Barsetshire with this short novel about Septimus Harding's challenged eccles…

Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

Read by Jessica Louise


Anthony Trollope


Anthony Trollope's autobiography will delight you whether or not you've read (or listened to) any of his many works. His honest if self-depr…

Cats by the Way

Read by Jessica Louise


Sarah E. Trueblood


Between these pages you will find only the good, old-fashioned, every-day cat. No Angora or thoroughbred has been entered here, unless it be…

The Blue Castle (Version 2)

Read by Bryn Roberts


Lucy Maud Montgomery


"The Blue Castle" by L. M. Montgomery tells the story of Valancy Stirling, a repressed and timid woman living under the control of…

The Shooting Party

Read by Bryn Roberts


Anton Chekhov


"The Shooting Party" is a mystery, set in the Russian countryside. The story revolves around the murder of a beautiful young woman…

Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers

Read by Bryn Roberts


Edith Hubback Brown


"Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers" by Edith & John Hubback is a biography that explores the lives of Jane Austen's two sailor bro…

Impressions of Ukiyo-ye, the School of the Japanese Colour-print Artists

Read by Bryn Roberts


Dora Amsden


Ukiyo-ye prepared Japan for intercourse with other nations by developing in the common people an interest in other countries, in science and…

Mugby Junction

Read by Bryn Roberts


Charles Dickens and Variousandcharles Dickens


Originally published in 1866 in the Christmas edition of Dickens's magazine, "All the Year Round.", "Mugby Junction" off…

The Events of 1848, Especially in Their Relation to Great Britain

Read by Bryn Roberts


Richard Monckton Milnes


The Events of 1848, Especially in Relation to Great Britain" by Richard Monckton Milnes is a historical work that delves into the tumul…

Speeches: Literary and Social

Read by Bryn Roberts


Charles Dickens


Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…

How to Paint Permanent Pictures

Read by Bryn Roberts


Maximilian Toch


"How To Paint Permanent Pictures" by Maximilian Toch delves into the intricate art of creating lasting images through painting. To…

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Read by Nick Duncan


William Blake


The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of radical foment and political conflict immediately after the French Revolution.…

The Children of the New Forest (version 2)

Read by Nick Whitley


Frederick Marryat


The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War …

Walden, Version 2

Read by Nick Bulka


Henry David Thoreau


Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a refl…

The Sea Wolf - Version 2

Read by Nick Bulka


Jack London


The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collisio…

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 3)

Read by Nick Bulka


Jerome K. Jerome


A humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The three men are base…

The Warden (version 3)

Read by Nick Whitley


Anthony Trollope


The Warden is the first novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire", making fun of the Church of E…

Barchester Towers (version 2)

Read by Nick Whitley


Anthony Trollope


Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…

Jerusalem - The Emanation of the Giant Albion

Read by Nick Duncan


William Blake


The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake's own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last of the great prophetic books. Originally produced as an e…

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