In this two-part series, Jane Murphy visits China to look at the impact of the biggest hydro-electric project in the world: the Three Gorges Dam, being built on the Yangtze […]
Monthly Archives: April 1999
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A two-part series on the sun. In part one, a personal view of the August 1999 total eclipse of the sun by Laura Durnford. In part two, a portrait of […]
In this two part series, Jane Murphy looks at the impact of the biggest hydro-electric project on Earth: the massive Three Gorges Dam being constructed on China’s longest river, the […]
The last decade has seen Italy change from a land of emigration to a destination for immigrants. Normally a homogeneous society, immigration has put the country into shock. Add an […]
Produced as part of an international co-production with BBC Scotland, this is a gentle look at the everyday live of Scottish travellers. Presenter Billy Kay talks with a whole host […]
One of Holland’s oldest musical traditions is the annual performance at Easter of the Passion of St. Matthew by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Tickets for the performances of the Passion—an […]
One thousand years ago, an Arab scientist described the amazing magnifying properties of a glass lens. It took another three hundred years before an accurate lens was made, and another […]