Simon Tillotson
@simontillotson.bsky.social
Known to offer tea or coffee at the end of In Our Time episodes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_In_Our_Time_programmes
Eclectic.
Eclectic.
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🎧 Did you hear Prof. Helen McCabe (@drhmccabe.bsky.social) on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time show?
Helen shared her expertise on John Stuart Mill and his work 'On Liberty' with host Misha Glenny.
Listen back here ⏬
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Helen shared her expertise on John Stuart Mill and his work 'On Liberty' with host Misha Glenny.
Listen back here ⏬
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - On Liberty - BBC Sounds
John Stuart Mill's argument for the limits of power that society has over the individual.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:31 AM
🎧 Did you hear Prof. Helen McCabe (@drhmccabe.bsky.social) on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time show?
Helen shared her expertise on John Stuart Mill and his work 'On Liberty' with host Misha Glenny.
Listen back here ⏬
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Helen shared her expertise on John Stuart Mill and his work 'On Liberty' with host Misha Glenny.
Listen back here ⏬
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
We’re back today, with JS Mill (and as we’ll hear Harriet Taylor Mill) on the case for personal liberty and the limits of state interference. The presenter is Misha Glenny www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, On Liberty
John Stuart Mill's argument for the limits of power that society has over the individual.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 AM
We’re back today, with JS Mill (and as we’ll hear Harriet Taylor Mill) on the case for personal liberty and the limits of state interference. The presenter is Misha Glenny www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Congratulations to (occasional In Our Time listener) Amy Poehler on her #goldenglobe podcast 🙂
Amy Poehler won the #GoldenGlobe for best podcast. She hosts the podcast “Good Hang With Amy Poehler." bit.ly/4pvflr3
January 12, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Congratulations to (occasional In Our Time listener) Amy Poehler on her #goldenglobe podcast 🙂
In Our Time returns this week. Thanks for waiting patiently and/or impatiently www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - Welcoming Misha Glenny to the In Our Time studio - BBC Sounds
Misha Glenny introduces himself to you as he prepares for his first episode of In Our Time
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January 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
In Our Time returns this week. Thanks for waiting patiently and/or impatiently www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It’s 10 years since we made this on Common Sense by Thomas Paine www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... (and since I first heard about the Schuyler Sisters lyric)
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
It’s 10 years since we made this on Common Sense by Thomas Paine www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... (and since I first heard about the Schuyler Sisters lyric)
And here’s @andrewayton.bsky.social on Crecy from 2023 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
And here’s @andrewayton.bsky.social on Crecy from 2023 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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'We need to nurture those subjects which enable us to build a resource - "human ingenuity" - to interact with the technologies, politics and institutions that will shape the future'
Our President @sjs1869.bsky.social looks to the future for BBC R4 Today (from 45mins) https://bbc.in/49pus0h
Our President @sjs1869.bsky.social looks to the future for BBC R4 Today (from 45mins) https://bbc.in/49pus0h
Today - 24/12/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
'We need to nurture those subjects which enable us to build a resource - "human ingenuity" - to interact with the technologies, politics and institutions that will shape the future'
Our President @sjs1869.bsky.social looks to the future for BBC R4 Today (from 45mins) https://bbc.in/49pus0h
Our President @sjs1869.bsky.social looks to the future for BBC R4 Today (from 45mins) https://bbc.in/49pus0h
Here’s what happened when Misha met Melvyn on Today (audio available in UK on BBC Sounds) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - Melvyn Bragg Meets Misha Glenny - BBC Sounds
As Melvyn Bragg hands In Our Time on to Misha Glenny, they discuss its past and future
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December 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Here’s what happened when Misha met Melvyn on Today (audio available in UK on BBC Sounds) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A happy Christmas is made of moments like this: Melvyn and Misha shaking hands in the Today studio. Thanks for listening in the past, present and future. We’re back on 15th January 🙂
December 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A happy Christmas is made of moments like this: Melvyn and Misha shaking hands in the Today studio. Thanks for listening in the past, present and future. We’re back on 15th January 🙂
Reposted by Simon Tillotson
For this week’s recommender, British-Turkish author Elif Shafak shares her recent cultural favourites.
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
For this week’s recommender, British-Turkish author Elif Shafak shares her recent cultural favourites.
We’ll be back - at 09.02 on 15th January 2026 - with Misha Glenny! www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Misha Glenny to present BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time
The much loved series returns on 15 January 2026
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December 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We’ll be back - at 09.02 on 15th January 2026 - with Misha Glenny! www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Back to baking bread after break caused by drop in demand (2 children at university and 3rd has been wearing braces til now). Kept starter alive in fridge and revived it in the last week
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Back to baking bread after break caused by drop in demand (2 children at university and 3rd has been wearing braces til now). Kept starter alive in fridge and revived it in the last week
Reposted by Simon Tillotson
The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Here‘s the medal awarded to In Our Time. Posting this as a version of the holding-the-silver-trophy-over-head ritual. Was about to shake teapot and spray tea over everyone but had second thoughts
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Here‘s the medal awarded to In Our Time. Posting this as a version of the holding-the-silver-trophy-over-head ritual. Was about to shake teapot and spray tea over everyone but had second thoughts
Reposted by Simon Tillotson
We are awarding our President's Medal to 'In Our Time' as it has done so much to showcase humanities & social sciences. We'd decided this before the news of Melvyn Bragg stepping down, but glad we got our timing right & had a chance to celebrate with him!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...
Renowned BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time receives prestigious British Academy President’s Medal for 2025
The British Academy has awarded its prestigious President’s Medal to the long-running and beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time. Recognising its outstanding contribution to humanities and social s...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We are awarding our President's Medal to 'In Our Time' as it has done so much to showcase humanities & social sciences. We'd decided this before the news of Melvyn Bragg stepping down, but glad we got our timing right & had a chance to celebrate with him!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...
Celebrating at The British Academy after In Our Time wins The Presidents Medal for services to the humanities and social sciences. This wonderful photo (c)Captivate Imagery shows many of the teams behind the scenes since 1998 alongside Melvyn.
October 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Celebrating at The British Academy after In Our Time wins The Presidents Medal for services to the humanities and social sciences. This wonderful photo (c)Captivate Imagery shows many of the teams behind the scenes since 1998 alongside Melvyn.
Apparently this is normal for the Thames at this time of year (downstream view)
October 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Apparently this is normal for the Thames at this time of year (downstream view)
Woke up to mist this morning, not far from the source of the Thames
October 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Woke up to mist this morning, not far from the source of the Thames
Glad to be a plus one at the announcement of the nominees for the first Ilse Schwepke prize for Women’s Travel Writing. Winner to be announced in Frankfurt on 17th October. Feeling: uxorious. Hoping: victorious.
September 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Glad to be a plus one at the announcement of the nominees for the first Ilse Schwepke prize for Women’s Travel Writing. Winner to be announced in Frankfurt on 17th October. Feeling: uxorious. Hoping: victorious.
’It‘s difficult to watch other people when they’re watching you’ - the late Robert Redford, to Melvyn in 1976 www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c98d9...
1976: Robert Redford on the tension between fame and privacy
Actor and director Robert Redford on the tension between fame and privacy since the success of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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September 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
’It‘s difficult to watch other people when they’re watching you’ - the late Robert Redford, to Melvyn in 1976 www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c98d9...
One observation: in German media, a celebration of the culture of conversation in UK academia and what flows from that.
Lots of thoughts when reading tributes to In Our Time in other languages www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/melvy...
Melvyn Bragg: Ende der BBC-Sendung „In Our Time“
Melvyn Bragg hat 27 Jahre lang in der BBC die wahrscheinlich klügste Radiosendung der Welt gemacht. Jetzt hört er auf. Zum Ende einer Ära.
www.sueddeutsche.de
September 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
One observation: in German media, a celebration of the culture of conversation in UK academia and what flows from that.
Another. Endlessly amazed by our listeners www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
September 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Another. Endlessly amazed by our listeners www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Lots of thoughts when reading tributes to In Our Time in other languages www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/melvy...
Melvyn Bragg: Ende der BBC-Sendung „In Our Time“
Melvyn Bragg hat 27 Jahre lang in der BBC die wahrscheinlich klügste Radiosendung der Welt gemacht. Jetzt hört er auf. Zum Ende einer Ära.
www.sueddeutsche.de
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Lots of thoughts when reading tributes to In Our Time in other languages www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/melvy...
Thank you @brandyjensen.bsky.social
Thank you, Melvyn Bragg: defector.com/thank-you-me...
Thank You, Melvyn Bragg | Defector
Melvyn Bragg, host of the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time since its very first episode back in 1998, has greeted me in the same delightfully brusque manner hundreds and hundreds of times. Hello. In…
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September 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you @brandyjensen.bsky.social
I see I’ve written ‘Wednesday’ as if that’s not yesterday 🙄. One of those weeks where so much happens that an hour seems like a day. Oh well.
I’m passing on any messages so thanks for emailing them or posting them here (or elsewhere)
I’m passing on any messages so thanks for emailing them or posting them here (or elsewhere)
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I see I’ve written ‘Wednesday’ as if that’s not yesterday 🙄. One of those weeks where so much happens that an hour seems like a day. Oh well.
I’m passing on any messages so thanks for emailing them or posting them here (or elsewhere)
I’m passing on any messages so thanks for emailing them or posting them here (or elsewhere)