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		DyslexicAtheist 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The BBC's best programme (In Our Time) loses its s... TL;DR: Melvyn Bragg is retiring. I guess this is interesting for some fans here. Shout-out to @astroalex who's partner[1] made their own archive https://shelby.cool/melvyn/ - it allows you to search the list of episodes by interest (which isn't easy on the BBC site). <3 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35074386

zeristor 21 days ago [–]

Weirdly I was just about to post how amazing this link is, but clicking through the link I posted pretty much the same response two years ago.

It’s like I’ve been attacked by aliens with mind rubbers.

That’s a lot of work, but I can imagine it was a pleasure, or just an itch that had to be scratched.

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