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The Essay Episodes

    PendaAnglo-Saxon Portraits

    7/30 Historian Michael Wood celebrates Penda, the much-maligned last pagan king of England.

    King EdwinAnglo-Saxon Portraits

    6/30 Discussing King Edwin, the ruler of Northumbria famous for his conversion to Christianity.

    King RaedwaldAnglo-Saxon Portraits

    5/30 Martin Carver discusses the inhabitant of the Sutton Hoo ship burial.

    Three Alpha FemalesAnglo-Saxon Portraits

    4/30 Martin Carver recreates the lives of three powerful pagan women.

    St AugustineAnglo-Saxon Portraits

    3/30 Rowan Williams focuses on St Augustine, the first-ever Archbishop of Canterbury.

    The Peasant FarmerAnglo-Saxon Portraits

    2/30 Portrait of the peasant farmers who have shaped the English landscape as we know it today.

    VortigernAnglo-Saxon Portraits

    1/30 Discussion on Vortigern, the king often blamed for inviting the first Anglo-Saxon invaders

    Felix Salmon on High-Frequency TradingAt the Speed of Thought

    5/5 Felix Salmon on high-frequency trading and its part in the current financial crisis.

    Paola Tubaro on Mobs and MobilesAt the Speed of Thought

    4/5 Paola Tubaro examines the 'dark side' of social media in relation to 2011's English riots.

    Claire Wardle on How News Travels Fast...At the Speed of Thought

    3/5 Claire Wardle on how news and Twitter feeds shape our response to events.

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