# Simon Winchester
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simon winchester, (born 28 September 1944) is a British-American author and journalist. In his career at The Guardian newspaper, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. Winchester has written or contributed to more than a dozen nonfiction books, has written one novel, and has contributed to several travel magazines, among them Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic.
Sima Qian–China’s Grand Historian
John Ross chats with repeat guest Tim McGirk about Sima Qian (c. 145–86 BC), the Father of Chinese History. He earned this accolade for his monumental work, the Shiji (usually translated as Records of the Grand Historian). It covers more than two thousand years, from the legendary early emperors up…
Sima Qian–China’s Grand Historian
John Ross chats with repeat guest Tim McGirk about Sima Qian (c. 145–86 BC), the Father of Chinese History. He earned this accolade for his monumental work, the Shiji (usually translated as Records of the Grand Historian). It covers more than two thousand years, from the legendary early emperors up…
Practice with "few" and "a few"
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In this podcast we’ll practice with “few” and “a few”.
When should you use this word? Here are a few examples (2 or 3 examples equals ‘a few’).
For example, if I have 40 friends and three of them speak Russian, …
Simon Winchester and the history of land
Simon Winchester on how people's relationship to land, its borders and its ownership have changed over time and geography.
Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester on how people's relationship to land, its borders and its ownership have changed over time and geography.
Big data and health and Simon Winchester on precision
Can the algorithms applied to health care be regulated and follow the remarkable progression of precision over history.
Laura Tingle's budget preview and the importance of precision engineering
Laura Tingle explains why Santa is coming early this year and Simon Winchester explains the significance of precision engineering in getting us to where we are today.
Simon Winchester reads the wind, plus Lech Blaine's wild childhood
We revisit two memorable LNL conversations from recent times: Simon Winchester's cultural history of the wind, and Australian writer Lech Blaine's astonishing account of his beautiful, terrifying childhood - growing up in Queensland pubs stalked by Christian fanatics.
Guests:
Simon Winchester, j…
Simon Winchester on the wind: the invisble force we can't live without
It's invisible, it drives us crazy, and we can't live without it. The wind has been worshipped, feared and cursed across cultures, referenced in the earliest forms of writing. Simon Winchester tells the stories of how we've mastered the winds, and when we've been humbled by it's awesome force.
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‐ Isaac "Llamacorn" Newton
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