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Five Hundred Years of Friendship

Dr Thomas Dixon presents a history of the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.

Radio 4,15 episodes

Episodes

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Gossips and Goodfellows
Dr Thomas Dixon compares social networks in the 16th century with those of today.
24 Mar 2014,15 mins
A Marriage of Minds
Dr Thomas Dixon explores the history of friendship over the centuries.
25 Mar 2014,15 mins
Love Your Enemies
Dr Thomas Dixon explores Biblical contradictions on friendship.
26 Mar 2014,15 mins
Webs of Loyalty
New 18th-century ideas about 'what friends are for'.
27 Mar 2014,15 mins
When William Met Mary
The 18th-century origins of a famous question about men, women and friendship.
28 Mar 2014,15 mins
Felons and Oddfellows
Dr Thomas Dixon explores friendship and self-help among the 19th-century poor.
31 Mar 2014,15 mins
Education of the Heart
The dangers of friendship as conveyed to children in the 18th and 19th centuries.
01 Apr 2014,15 mins
Darwin's Best Friend
Thomas Dixon explores the origins of the idea of friendships between humans and animals.
02 Apr 2014,15 mins
Comrades and Lovers
Exploring the Victorian borderland between Platonic friendship and homosexual love.
03 Apr 2014,15 mins
A Battalion of Pals
Dr Thomas Dixon explores the impact of World War One on male friendship.
04 Apr 2014,15 mins
Testaments of Friendship
Dr Thomas Dixon explores how the international friendship movement flourished after WWI.
07 Apr 2014,15 mins
The Suburbs of the Heart
The impact of technology and psychology on early 20th-century friendship.
08 Apr 2014,15 mins
In Need, In Deed, By Post
Dr Thomas Dixon explores Second World War friendships by correspondence and in the Forces.
09 Apr 2014,15 mins
Families of Choice
How 1970s gender politics changed friendship and how popular culture reflected this change
10 Apr 2014,15 mins
The Lonely Cyborg
How the old and the young are navigating friendships through new technology today.
11 Apr 2014,15 mins