The Mark Steel Lectures
Mark Steel returns with another series of his award-winning lecture series. He'll take us on a trip into the slightly off-centre world of some great thinkers.
Join Mark as he welcomes you to the site and the series.
Mark Steel returns with another series of his award-winning lecture series. He'll take us on a trip into the slightly off-centre world of some great thinkers.
Join Mark as he welcomes you to the site and the series.
Paine
Despite a life of achievement, he remains largely forgotten in his homeland. Mark reclaims the legacy of Paine.
Evolution in the head
Drinking turtle urine might seem going a bit far, even in the name of science - but that was just the start for Darwin.
Breaking the code
The Last Supper is the EastEnders of its day? You're 'avin a larf, aintcha? Walford and Milan are linked by Mark and Da Vinci
Turning the lectern
How has Mr. Steel enjoyed the lectures? Who's coming next? We've been catching up with Mark.
The man who wouldn't be king
Mark introduces us to the man who led the New Model Army and deposed the Monarch: Meet Cromwell.
A world of thought
Has Mark left you wanting to find out more? Try our taking it further pages to discover recommended weblinks, courses and books.
More than suffrage
From Votes For Women to Ethiopia, join Mark as he unpicks the most radical of a radical family: Sylvia Pankhurst.
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The Innkeeper's boy
He took advantage of a gap in the market caused by the Black Death, and turned himself into the first literary star. Meet Chaucer.