Old English in Context Lecture 2 - Society

Fourth and final lecture by Dr S D Lee, University of Oxford, on Old English in Context. 7/2/08. 

Lecture 3 in a series on placing Old English in Context, Religion and magic. Delivered by Dr S D Lee, Faculty of English, University of Oxford - 31/1/08. 

Are you a history buff? Maybe you just like reading fantasy books? Maybe you're watching the newest Game of Thrones prequel or looking forward to the Lord of the Rings TV series. Either way, you'll want to learn English words and phrases so you can either talk about ...

I apologise for not bringing you a new podcast this week. I leave you with chapter 1 of the Tudor Conspiracy (from an audio book and reader I published a few years ago). Hope to be with you next week with a new podcast episode!Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry abo ...  Show more

Part 1 of this B1-level short story with vocabulary about the theatre. In this first part, Simon Willoughby is a very shy man but is attracted towards Phillipa, but Phillipa is also a member of the local amateur dramatics group...Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy. Sterne's comic masterpiece is an extravagantly inventive work which was hugely popular when first published in 1759. Its often bawdy humour, and numerous digressions, are combined with bold literary expe ...  Show more