Reads tagged with “BBC”
The Dark Side of Certainty: Jacob Bronowski on the Spirit of Science and What Auschwitz Teaches Us About Our Compulsion for Control
“Science is a tribute to what we can know although we are fallible… We have to cure ourselves of the itch for absolute knowledge and power.”
BBC’s Rare 1981 Andy Warhol Interview
The iconic artist on happiness, creative process, the allure of repetition, and the importance of going through the world with kindness.
Poets in Partnership: Rare 1961 BBC Interview with Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes on Literature and Love
“Two people … who are compatible in this sort of spiritual way, in fact make up one person … one source of power, which you both use and you can draw out material in incredible detail from the single shared mind.”
BBC’s The Beauty of Books: Penguin, Orwell, and the Paperback Cover Design Revolution
“The book is still the most intelligent and interactive data retrieval system which has been devised.”
The Story of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Character
The curious rise, rise, and retirement of one of pop culture’s greatest cults.
Happy Birthday, Nabokov: A BBC Documentary on Lolita and Life
“Though he never returned, Russia never really left him, either.”
Iconic Psychiatrist Carl Jung on Human Personality in Rare BBC Interview
“Man cannot stand a meaningless life.”
Sylvia Plath Reads Her Moving Poem “Tulips”: A Rare 1961 BBC Recording
“I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted / To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty.”
On Craftsmanship: The Only Surviving Recording of Virginia Woolf’s Voice, 1937
“Words belong to each other.”
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