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Dr. John Burton hosts The Scholar's Armchair, a arts show with 26 episodes published.
What does mysticism have to offer us in a secular age? Have we lost not only religious faith, but our capacity for wonder, ecstasy and experiences that take us beyond ourselves? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair,
What if modern chemistry didn’t replace alchemy—but was born from it? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I’m joined by science writer Kit Chapman to discuss his fascinating book, The Age of Alchemy: How Early Inn
How did people decide who to trust with their lives before modern medicine? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I’m joined by historian and literary scholar Dr Alanna Skuse to discuss her fascinating book, The Sur
Death is one of the few experiences every human being shares, yet in the modern world it has become something we rarely talk about. How did that happen? And what have we lost by pushing death to the margins of everyday l
Who was the real Lord Byron? Was he really the brooding, scandalous Romantic we’ve inherited through legend? Or was there a very different Byron hiding in plain sight—in the extraordinary letters he wrote to friends, lov
John Keats is often remembered as the poet of beauty and “negative capability.” But what if he was also one of the most profound thinkers about uncertainty? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I speak with Dr Li O
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What exactly is a goblin? Today we imagine goblins as fantasy creatures from Tolkien, Dungeons & Dragons, Harry Potter, and video games. But where did they come from, and why have they survived for centuries while so man
Are our buildings changing because we are changing? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I speak with Amritt Flora, Course Leader for the MA Interior and Spatial Design at Chelsea College of Arts, about the emergen
Have we lost the inner life? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I speak with author and cultural critic Lesley Chamberlain about her book Rilke: The Last Inward Man and the enduring relevance of one of Europe’s g
What makes Odysseus the most enduring figure in all of literature? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I’m joined by Joel P. Christensen to explore one of the most fascinating characters ever created: Odysseus. Fr
What did the Victorians really think of Jane Austen — and how did they reshape her legacy? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I speak with Prof Cheryl A. Wilson, author of *Jane Austen and the Victorian Heroine*,
What did Virginia Woolf really mean by her famous “moments of being”? Were they simply flashes of heightened consciousness… or was Woolf trying to reveal something deeper about reality itself? In this episode of The Scho
What if ethics begins not with understanding… but with listening? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I’m joined by Professor Kent Lehnhof to explore his book Voice and Ethics in Shakespeare’s Late Plays — a fasci
We think we know George Orwell. The author of 1984. The prophet of surveillance, propaganda, and political control. But what if that version of Orwell is only part of the story? In this conversation, I’m joined by Nathan
Did Shakespeare really write alone… or was he borrowing from the greatest playwrights of his time? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I speak with Darren Freebury-Jones about his fascinating book Shakespeare’s Bo
How did Jane Austen go from a little-known novelist to a global phenomenon? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I’m joined by literary scholar Professor Juliette Wells, author of Reading Austen in America, Everybo
The Salem witch trials weren’t just about witches. They were about children—and what adults needed them to be. What role did children really play in the Salem witch trials? In this conversation, Dr Kristina West reveals
What comes after postmodernism? In this interview, Dr Usha Wilbers and Dr Dennis Kersten of Radboud University explore metamodernism as a new cultural “structure of feeling” emerging in contemporary literature. Moving fr
What are the many mirrors of the Shakespearean stage really showing us? In this episode of The Scholar’s Armchair, I speak with literary scholar Dr. Valentina Finger of LMU Munich about her new book Mirrors in Shakespear
Darren Freebury-Jones
author of works on early modern theatre
1 appearance on this show
Darren Freebury-Jones
author of works on early modern theatre
1 appearance on this show
John Burton
geriatrician, Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Johns Hopkins · Home From Here
1 appearance on this show
Dr Usha Wilbers
Radboud University
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Valentina Finger
LMU Munich
1 appearance on this show
Dr Neil Cocks
University of Reading
1 appearance on this show
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