Love
A collection of programmes about the joy and pain of love.
Marriage—In Our Time
The history of marriage from ancient Greek and Babylonian times to today.
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Sartre: Love is a hazardous, painful struggle.—A History of Ideas, Psychotherapist Mark Vernon on Freud
For Jean-Paul Sartre, freedom was everything so the idea of love is a hazardous one.
The Philosophy of Love—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg examines the western understanding of the Philosophy of Love since Plato.
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What Is Love?—A History of Ideas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas around love.
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Late Night Woman's Hour: Dating in the Digital Age—Woman's Hour
Lauren Laverne and guests look at how dating, identity and relationships are changing.
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Crush—The Digital Human, Series 1
Crush: Aleks Krotoski explores how the digital world has impacted upon love.
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Diotima’s Ladder: From Lust to Morality—A History of Ideas, Philosopher Angie Hobbs on Beauty and Morality
Is lust just one rung on the ladder to a higher appreciation of beauty?
Love—Thinking Allowed
A Thinking Allowed special on 'romantic love'.
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The Birth of Love
Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature.
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Songs of Love and Loss—From Our Own Correspondent
The melodies of Portuguese austerity and other reporters' stories, presented by Kate Adie.
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Can't Take My Eyes Off You—Soul Music
Frankie Valli and others share their memories of the classic song.
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‘Why are you happy? Why are you not happy?’
A collection of women's experiences of romance, relationships and love from 1940s - today
Emily Blachere's love letter moves Paddy O'Connell to silence
Emily Blachere's love letter to her boyfriend Remi Ochlik leaves Paddy overcome.
Don't Leave Me This Way—Soul Music
Exploration of the disco anthem of yearning, pain and loss.
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