Free Thinking Essay: Beards and Whiskers
Historian Alun Withey says beards can shed light on a whole range of things from medicine to the military. Pogonotomy - or the art of shaving - is about more than fashion.
Historian Alun Withey says beards can shed light on a whole range of things from medicine to the military. Pogonotomy - or the art of shaving - is about more than fashion. Recorded in front of an audience at 蘑菇短视频 Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival of Ideas at Sage, Gateshead. New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by 蘑菇短视频 Radio 3 and the AHRC to find the brightest academic minds with the potential to turn their ideas into broadcasts.
Discussions and talks from the Free Thinking Festival 2019
Angry politics, what we can鈥檛 say, being diplomatic, weeping, emotion in music, film & TV
Click to listen to discussions, talks and music as the Free Thinking Festival 2019 Gets Emotional
Angry politics, what we can鈥檛 say, being diplomatic, weeping, emotion in music, film & TV
CLICK to LISTEN & SEE programmes from the Free Thinking Festival 2018: The One & the Many
We examine the fast-changing relationship between the individual & the crowd
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Free Thinking Festival 2017: The Speed of Life
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