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Episode 34: The Itch

2, 5, 2017 - “Disputandi Pruritus Ecclesiarum Scabies” (‘The itch of disputing will prove the scab of the .... Read More

Episode 33: The Mirror

25, 4, 2017 - ‘Kelly did all his feats upon / The Devil’s Looking Glass, a stone; / Where playing with him at .... Read More

Episode 32: The Paperclip

18, 4, 2017 - Americans bought 11 billion paper clips last year – that’s about 35 paper clips per person.  .... Read More

Episode 31: The Scar

11, 4, 2017 - ‘Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling’  .... Read More

Episode 30: Toilets

11, 4, 2017 - ‘Then his Grace rose to go upon his stool which, with the working of the pills and the .... Read More

Episode 29: Dragons

4, 4, 2017 - For this episode let us join the timelord supreme, Dr. Sam Willis and the priest of the prior, .... Read More

Episode 28: Monsters

22, 3, 2017 - ‘I beheld the wretch – the miserable monster whom I had created’ (Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, .... Read More

Episode 27: Tears

14, 3, 2017 - ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat’ (Winston Churchill). For this .... Read More

Episode 26: Perfume

7, 3, 2017 - ‘Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music and .... Read More

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