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Science Communication at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden

In Careers in Chemistry: Beyond Academia

Read by Alison Foster


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Photosynthesis in Nature

In Chemistry for the Future: Solar Fuels

Read by Alison Foster


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

01. Welcome and Introduction

In Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour

Read by Alison Foster


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Botanic Garden - Your Modern Medicine Cabinet

In Botanic Garden

Read by Alison Foster


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Meet the Scientists - Collaborations with the Oxford Botanic Garden

In Chemistry for the Future: Meet the Scientists

Read by Alison Foster


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Invisible Man

Read by Alex Foster


H. G. Wells


The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story…

Poetics

Read by Robert Foster


Aristotle


Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal o…

The Rainbow (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


Briefly appearing in 1915, then banned and taken out of circulation for its adult treatment of sexuality, Lawrence's visionary novel The Rai…

Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


"Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life" was Mrs Gaskell's first full-length novel. It was published anonymously in that tumultuou…

Sons and Lovers (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


Lawrence summarised the plot of Sons and Lovers in a letter to Edward Garnett in 1912:“It follows this idea: a woman of character and refine…

The Lost Girl

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


"There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to."In this most under-valued …

Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln

Read by Tony Foster


Charles Watts Whistler


Troy, Athens, Rome... each has its founding legend. So too does the Lincolnshire town of Grimsby, once the largest fishing port in the world…

One Martian Afternoon

In Short Science Fiction Collection 071

Read by Alison


Tom Leahy


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…