Enlightenment After Dark

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01Ageing20170831In Enlightenment After Dark Allan Little hosts a series of discussions in the spirit of the Enlightenment in places with a historical Enlightenment connection. Here he hosts a salon on the Ageing world at Newhailles House near Edinburgh with Professor Sarah Harper of the Royal Institution and writer and theologian Richard Holloway.

Allan Little hosts a salon on the ageing world at Newhailles House near Edinburgh.

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.

01Ageing2017083120180717 (R4)In Enlightenment After Dark Allan Little hosts a series of discussions in the spirit of the Enlightenment in places with a historical Enlightenment connection. Here he hosts a salon on the Ageing world at Newhailles House near Edinburgh with Professor Sarah Harper of the Royal Institution and writer and theologian Richard Holloway.

Allan Little hosts a salon on the ageing world at Newhailles House near Edinburgh.

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.

01Bodies2017082920180703 (R4)In Enlightenment After Dark, Allan Little hosts a series of discussions in the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment, in historically resonant places. Tonight Allan and guests painter Ken Currie and Professor Sue Black discuss the Body in the atmospheric setting of the Old Anatomy Theatre of Edinburgh University's Medical School.

Image: Three Oncologists (Professor RJ Steele, Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri and Professor Sir David P Lane of the Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.), 2002

National Galleries of Scotland (c) Ken Currie.

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.

In Enlightenment After Dark, Allan Little hosts a series of discussions in the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment, in historically resonant places. Tonight Allan and guests painter Ken Currie and Professor Sue Black discuss the Body in the atmospheric setting of the Old Anatomy Theatre of Edinburgh University's Medical School.

Image: Three Oncologists (Professor RJ Steele, Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri and Professor Sir David P Lane of the Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.), 2002

National Galleries of Scotland (c) Ken Currie.

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.

01Digital20170901Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.
01Digital2017090120180724 (R4)Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.
01Enlightenment Beyond Europe20170830In Enlightenment After Dark Allan Little hosts a series of discussions in the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment. In this third programme he is joined by the writer Pankaj Mishra and the economist Ha-Joon Chang in Edinburgh Library of Mistakes to discuss the resonance of the Enlightenment beyond Europe. He is joined by an invited salon audience of thinkers and commentators.

Allan Little discusses the Enlightenment's relevance for countries outside the west.

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.

01Enlightenment Beyond Europe2017083020180710 (R4)In Enlightenment After Dark Allan Little hosts a series of discussions in the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment. In this third programme he is joined by the writer Pankaj Mishra and the economist Ha-Joon Chang in Edinburgh Library of Mistakes to discuss the resonance of the Enlightenment beyond Europe. He is joined by an invited salon audience of thinkers and commentators.

Allan Little discusses the Enlightenment's relevance for countries outside the west.

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.

01Utopia20170828In Enlightenment After Dark, Allan Little hosts a series of discussions in the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment, in places associated with historical Enlightenment encounters. In this first programme Allan and guests Rutger Bregman and Mona Siddiqui discuss ideas of Utopia in the Professor's Room of the Botanic Cottage at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.

01Utopia2017082820180626 (R4)In Enlightenment After Dark, Allan Little hosts a series of discussions in the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment, in places associated with historical Enlightenment encounters. In this first programme Allan and guests Rutger Bregman and Mona Siddiqui discuss ideas of Utopia in the Professor's Room of the Botanic Cottage at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.