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From Our Own CorrespondentThe story of a Russian deserterKate Adie introduces dispatches on Russia, Germany, Hong Kong, India and Sweden.A Russian soldier who once responsible for guarding Russia's nuclear weapons reveals why he fled the army. In a secret meeting, at an undisclosed location, he tells Will Vernon what he makes of President Vladimir Putin's threats towards the West.Earlier this month German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s argumentative three-way governing coalition collapsed, triggering snap elections in February. Damien McGuinness ponders what Berlin's Christmas lights can tell us about the political mood in the country.In Hong Kong, Danny Vincent reports fr...2024-11-3028 min
Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral HistoryInterview with Jana Colchester (part 2), former programming teacher at Marconi College and University of EssexCarrying on from episode 5, this second part of Georgina Ferry's interview with Jana Colchester includes Colchester discussing attitudes relating to gender in the maths and computing professions.2020-01-2002 minOxford Women in Computing: An Oral HistoryInterview with Jana Colchester, former programming teacher at Marconi College and University of EssexGeorgina Ferry interviews Jana Colchester as part of the Oxford Women in Computing Oral History project. Colchester discusses working in the Oxford Computing Labs, lecturing and teaching at a range of further and higher education institutions.2020-01-2048 min
Inside OperaDavid Charles Abell: StorytellingAbell was raised in the Philadelphia and Chicago areas.David sang in the 1971 world premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with the Berkshire Boy Choir.Abell enrolled at Yale University, where his teachers included John Mauceri and Rob Kapilow. He studied with Nadia Boulanger and Robert D. Levin at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau before returning to Yale to complete his B.A. in 1981.Abell made his professional debut conducting Bernstein's Mass at Berlin's Deutschlandhalle in 1982.Abell mentions the following three operas...2019-07-3100 min