Peter Kropotkin

The first dinosaur to ever be scientifically named, almost 20 years before we even had the word ‘dinosaur’. In 1824, the geologist and priest William Buckland (1784-1856) stood before the Geological Society of London and announced something that would kickstart two centuries of d ...  Show more

Orson Welles was only 25 when his film Citizen Kane was released in 1941. It is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, films yet made. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Welles' film, in which he plays the lead role of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper magnate. ...  Show more

Margaret talks to Katie Goldin about the anarchist prince who laid the foundations for understanding cooperation in the wild. https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/who-was-peter-kropothkin https://trise.org/2018/01/04/kropotkin-and-climate-change/ https://theanarchis ...  Show more

Margaret continues talking to Katie Goldin about the anarchist prince who laid the foundations for understanding cooperation in the wild. Sources: https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/who-was-peter-kropothkin https://trise.org/2018/01/04/kropotkin-and-climate-change ...  Show more

Rasputin’s story is a familiar one – an illiterate Siberian peasant who managed to secure the confidence of the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia, while indulging his legendary sexual appetite and love of hard drinking. Rasputin was so revered by his acolytes that they would collec ...  Show more