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# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Creative Commons Popular fiction in World War One An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public during the First World War. 0:15:49 Jane Potter 08 Jan 2013
2 Creative Commons "Oh, you liar, you storyteller": On Fibbing, Fact and Fabulation The first Weinrebe lecture in life-writing was given by Michèle Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. The lecture is introduced by Professor Hermione Lee. 0:57:10 Michèle Roberts 07 Mar 2012
3 Creative Commons Where may truth lie? Fiction in memory, memory in fiction The award-winning author and memoirist Candia McWilliam attests to the edifying power of fiction and biography in the third lecture in the Weinrebe series from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing. 0:43:48 Candia McWilliam 20 Feb 2012
4 Creative Commons What can I say? Secrets in fiction and biography Booker Prize winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst discusses fiction and biography in conversation with Hermione Lee at Wolfson College's Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW). 1:03:21 Alan Hollinghurst, Hermione Lee 08 Feb 2012
5 Creative Commons George Eliot 3. Reception History George Eliot III.Third and final lecture in this mini-series, encouraging its audience to see itself as part of the latest stage in Eliot's British reception history. 0:46:22 Catherine Brown 05 Dec 2011
6 Creative Commons Athol Fugard: "Defining Moments" Humanitas Inaugural Keynote Lecture - Athol Fugard: "Defining Moments" - in his life and work. Venue: Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. 1:05:02 Athol Fugard 02 Feb 2011
7 Athol Fugard: Playing Fugard Athol Fugard in conversation with award-winning South African actors Janet Suzman and John Kani. Venue: Gulbenkian Theatre, St Cross Building, Oxford 0:54:41 Athol Fugard, Janet Suzman, John Kani 02 Feb 2011
8 Athol Fugard: The Playwriting Process Athol Fugard in conversation with playwrights Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem) and Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Her Naked Skin). Venue: Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. 0:47:51 Athol Fugard, Jez Butterworth, Rebecca Lenkiewicz 02 Feb 2011
# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Creative Commons Athol Fugard: "Defining Moments" Humanitas Inaugural Keynote Lecture - Athol Fugard: "Defining Moments" - in his life and work. Venue: Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. 1:05:02 Athol Fugard 02 Feb 2011
2 Athol Fugard: Playing Fugard Athol Fugard in conversation with award-winning South African actors Janet Suzman and John Kani. Venue: Gulbenkian Theatre, St Cross Building, Oxford 0:54:41 Athol Fugard, Janet Suzman, John Kani 02 Feb 2011
3 Athol Fugard: The Playwriting Process Athol Fugard in conversation with playwrights Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem) and Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Her Naked Skin). Venue: Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. 0:47:51 Athol Fugard, Jez Butterworth, Rebecca Lenkiewicz 02 Feb 2011