A comic from the New Yorker. On a skyscraper construction, steel beams are connecting in ways which defy logic. An angry-looking man (presumably a foreman or some such) is leaning over the edge and shouting "Escher! Get your ass up here"

Listening to In Our Time on #BBCRadio4 discussing Escher, and I'm reminded of this classic from the New Yorker

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Dadaism How, in 1916 in Zurich, artists responded to the absurdity of war by creating absurd art.

Aha Aha Aha - here’s Misha with his trio of guests on da da da…Dadaism, available for download globally www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

In Our Time - M.C. Escher - BBC Sounds The graphic artist's amazing paradoxical world, and the interplay between maths and art.

Busy day but sharing now as better tesselate than never: the mathematical world of M.C.Escher produced by Martha Owen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thought for the Day mentioned this on R4 Today. Marmalade dropped.

Available (v soon) on BBC Sounds in UK: the extended version of today’s broadcast on Handel’s Messiah www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Archaea How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

Later this morning, this astonishing edition on Archaea will be available for download globally www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Frank Cogliano - Professor of American History - was on BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time' this morning, discussing the Spanish-American War, 1898. Listen now at edin.ac/4mgbNJh

#History #Classics #Archaeology #Edinburgh #America #Americanhistory

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Spanish-American War 1898 How a war that began in Cuba saw the US acquire the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.

Meanwhile for BBC Sounds listeners in the UK here’s today’s look back to 1898 and the arrival of the US on the world stage www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Margaret Beaufort How one woman helped her son survive the Wars of the Roses to become the first Tudor king.

Available now for download globally: Margaret Beaufort and a time when a potential Tudor dynasty was unimaginable www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Silicon The role of silicon from chips to glass to the balance of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere

And for UK BBC Sounds listeners, here’s today’s discussion of the chemical element Silicon and how we‘ve always lived in a silicon age www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Columbian Exchange The impact of the spread of animals, crops and diseases between continents after 1492

Available now to download globally: Misha’s discussion of the Columbian Exchange www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

And thanks to Stephen Graham in his best actor acceptance speech for sharing Melvyn’s impact on him (along with Bill Nighy) and stressing value of bringing culture to widest audiences 👏👏

Melvyn receiving his Special Award for In Our Time, flanked by Rhianna Dhillon and Simon O’Hagan at the BPG awards at the Barbican last night (there’s a reason I’m not a photographer….)

In Our Time - Dadaism - BBC Sounds How, in 1916 in Zurich, artists responded to the absurdity of war by creating absurd art.

For BBC Sounds listeners here’s today’s edition on the spirit of Dadaism from the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich in 1916 down to Philomena Cunk www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, John Keats How one of the great Romantic poets produced so much in his brilliant but short life.

On the way to the Barbican last night I passed the newish monument to Keats on Moorgate near his birthplace at the Swan and Hoop....and today this edition on Keats is available for download globally. Sometimes life rhymes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Congratulations to Melvyn for his Special Award at this event last night simonohagan.substack.com/p/broadcasti...

And this is why the International Court of Justice has a replica in The Hague www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

Flamingoes and Himalayan salt are pink for the same reason, as I learned here

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Archaea How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

On today’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time, @buzzbaum.bsky.social, Group Leader in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, joined for a discussion on all things archaea.
Check it out here (requires BBC login): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#LMBintheNews

Just brilliant, wish it had gone on for longer, they had so much more to say! Fascinating stuff and infectious enthusiasm, (and I had no idea about 'Asgard' Archaea, 'Loki's Castle' hydrothermal vent etc, bonus enchantment 🖤) In Our Time - Archaea

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Code of Hammurabi The impact of the wide-ranging laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylon from 4,000 years ago.

Now available for download globally: The Code of Hammurabi (from modern day Iraq) and the long history of the rule of law www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

In Our Time - Archaea - BBC Sounds How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

Mutual aid or survival of the fittest? How archaea joined with bacteria billions of years ago and gave rise to complex life www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (available in UK now - global podcast drops in 28 days)

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Archaea How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

Archaea hit prime time: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Agincourt The history and legacy of the English army's defeat of the French at Agincourt in 1415.

And to complement these here’s Melvyn on Agincourt, the prism through which Shakespeare’s audience saw Prince Hal (and an achievement Henry VI could not match) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

In Our Time - Margaret Beaufort - BBC Sounds How one woman helped her son survive the Wars of the Roses to become the first Tudor king.

While on BBC Sounds (UK only) we have this today on Margaret Beaufort, born a few decades after the reign of Henry IV www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Henry IV Part 1 Shakespeare's powerful exploration of power and succession with Hotspur, Hal and Falstaff.

Available now for download globally: Misha’s discussion of one of Shakespeare’s most popular history plays www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Who invented the potato? And why should we care? YouTube video by The British Academy

And if you're more interested in potatoes than the pox, there's yet more insight on them from the inimitable Rebecca Earle here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P90b...

1816, discussed in 2016 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

In Our Time - The Columbian Exchange - BBC Sounds The impact of the spread of animals, crops and diseases between continents after 1492

In a way this reminded me of our Year Without a Summer edition, linking events around the world. Misha on the Columbian Exchange: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (UK for now, globally in 28 days)