A review of the life and economic ideas of the Chicago economist Milton Friedman.

In this episode I talk about T.E. Lawrence's 1926 book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. The origins and writing of the book are discussed and it is set within the context of Lawrence's own personal history and the Arab Revolt which it has as its subject.

This talk presents an exposition of the central ideas of Heidegger's 1927 book, Being and Time. It deals with Heidegger's analysis of human existence and what it tells us about what it means to be a human being in the world.

An outline of the career of the Whig politician, Charles, Second Earl Grey.

This talk analyses the origins of the conflict between India and Pakistan over the status of Kashmir, focusing on the events of 1947-49, and discusses why both nations attach importance to the control of Kashmir.

Some reflections on the career of the controversial historian A.J.P. Taylor, prompted by a reading of Adam Sisman, A.J.P. Taylor: A Biography (1994)

An exposition of the arguments made by Hannah Arendt regarding the nature of human action in her 1958 book, 'The Human Condition'.

A review of the career of John Dalberg Acton, the learned 19th century historian and author of the famous aphorism - All Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power corrupts absolutely.