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World history, culture and ideas with today’s leading experts. Presented by @Bridget_Kendall and @rajandatar

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[Gabby Stern @gabbystern]

Dear @Bridget_Kendall, thank you for this really excellent feature on smallpox eradication, and how the world came together to end this scourge. Kudos to you, your @BBCTheForum colleagues and the experts who participated.

[Fiona Clampin @DamascusRose]

The campaign to eradicate one of the world's deadliest diseases @BBCTheForum hosted by @Bridget_Kendall with Bill Foege @EmoryUniversity @WHO Gareth Williams @DrJennersHouse & Anne Marie Moulin https://t.co/BQTQJkYJfI

[Ranjit Hoskote @ranjithoskote]

@BBCTheForum @rajandatar @ZubaanBooks @NaropaU @ConnCollege @ruchikaj20001 It was such a pleasure to be in conversation with colleagues and fellow votaries of Lal Ded on @BBCTheForum ! Thank you, @rajandatar for being such a marvellous host!

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Why the words of the medieval Kashmiri poet Lal Ded, translated here by @ranjithoskote , still speak to us today. @rajandatar asks Ranjit, Neerja Mattoo @ZubaanBooks Andrew Schelling @NaropaU Dean Accardi @ConnCollege. @ruchikaj20001 reads the poems https://t.co/JxJ32PQ23e

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Wise words from Kashmir, translated by Neerja Mattoo @UChicagoPress , who talks about Lal Ded with @ranjithoskote @PenguinIndia Andrew Schelling @CounterpointLLC Dean Accardi @ConnCollege @rajandatar https://t.co/JxJ32PQ23e

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How do you find wisdom in adversity? Lal Ded, a wandering Kashmiri sage celebrated for her independent spirit shows us one way. @rajandatar talks to Neerja Mattoo @UChicagoPress @ranjithoskote Andrew Schelling @NaropaU Dean Accardi @ConnCollege https://t.co/JxJ32PQ23e

[Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 @chicstranger]

Fellow Egyptology fans this is a super interesting @BBCTheForum episode about the secrets of the great pyramid ☺️ - a discussion with Distinguished University Professor Salima Ikram, @indyfromspace @JoyceTyldesley

https://t.co/2gzeqQDhga

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The great sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury was born #OnThisDay a hundred years ago. To find out more about his work, with Jonathan Eller @BradburyCenter @middleagedwitch @bradburymedia and @rajandatar , head to https://t.co/J5Lq4XLMTf

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A phone call on Mars? Ray Bradbury’s inventive mind could come up with all kinds of wonderful scenarios. @nathanosgood plays both the young and the old Barton @rajandatar @BradburyCenter @middleagedwitch @bradburymedia https://t.co/SAxjrc0kb5

[Dr Alexandra Loske @Saschaloske]

@spmgoldsmith Aww, thank you! The last public event before lockdown... Do DM me about colour, but I am on holiday without much wifi. Meanwhile, here is a @BBCTheForum podcast about colour I was part of. Bits of it also featured yesterday in @gemcairn's Pick of the Week. https://t.co/q19FvezHmY

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”People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it.”

100 years after Ray Bradbury's birth - how have his works stayed so popular? @rajandatar speaks to @BradburyCenter's Jonathan Eller, @middleagedwitch and @bradburymedia https://t.co/2Kcs1eZ80G

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Was Ray Bradbury, the renowned author of Fahrenheit 451 and other sci-fi works, trying to predict or prevent the future? @rajandatar asks Jonathan Eller @BradburyCenter @middleagedwitch @bradburymedia https://t.co/J5Lq4XLMTf

[Ray Bradbury Center @BradburyCenter]

Want to hear some insightful content about Ray Bradbury? Check out this @BBC radio show featuring Drs. Jon Eller, Phil Nichols, and Miranda Corcoran! https://t.co/BQxFfT7p3Y #RayBradbury #Listen #ScienceFiction @BBCTheForum

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Available now to listen to online or download. Also taking part in the discussion @bradburymedia @middleagedwitch @rajandatar chairs

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Looking to hear some Bradbury-related content? Then listen in on this BBC radio show happening now featuring Ray Bradbury Scholar, Dr. Jon Eller! https://t.co/BQxFfT7p3Y #RayBradbury #Listen #ScienceFiction @BBCTheForum

[Maureen O'Connor 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @IrishEcocritic]

Our brilliant @EnglishUCC colleague, @middleagedwitch is on this programme! https://t.co/2saiK5gxp9

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

.@BBCTheForum: The Birth of Hip-Hop with @GrandMasterCaz, @MoneyMikeHolman and @NewBlackMan

https://t.co/ecwqyR6lM2

#August11th1973

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

@BBCTheForum @SarahEBond @rajandatar @Macquarie_Uni @KingsCollegeLon I enjoyed that this morning driving to Glasgow from London! An Eastern AND Western Roman Empire - who knew?? #EveryDaysASchoolDay

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What lessons can the decline of the Western Roman empire, over 1500 years ago, teach us today? @rajandatar asks @SarahEBond Meaghan McEvoy @Macquarie_Uni and Peter Heather @KingsCollegeLon https://t.co/SwSgxH5W0K

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And if you would like to find out more about the life and work of Albert Camus, listen or download here: https://t.co/zOo0dM9s3s

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Albert Camus’ novel The Plague, set in the Algerian city of Oran, was published more than 70 years ago but seems more relevant than ever

https://t.co/Eg8s8eGHaf