# John Mullan

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Emma and the Challenges of Living in Community

Of all Austen’s writings, Emma is the most concerned with the practice and difficulties of living in community. The novel is set in Highbury, “the large and populous village, almost amounting to a town,” and the heroine, whose perspective we follow throughout the narrative, lives both a privileged‮…

The first PM with an English degree, plus a new museum of WWII espionage

Trent Park, the House of Secrets is a new museum in north London which explores the story of the secret listeners who eavesdropped on the conversations of German senior military prisoners of war. Samira is joined by Helen Lederer, whose grandfather who served as a WW2 secret listener, and the Chai‮…

20th Sept: James Dowdall merchant

1599. JAMES DOWDALL (From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum, p. 467) (A few different dates are given in the narrative I wonder if three different martyrs killed in the same area have been given the name of the known martyr.) HE was a Drogheda merchant, & when returning from France to Ireland he was driven ‮…

Persuasion and the Process of Happiness

In this episode, I discuss how Austen's Persuasion invites us to consider our experiences of happiness. I engage with various scholars, artists, and writers to explore Austen's concept of happiness, some of the challenges of happiness in our contemporary lives, and the ways in which our work in th‮…

Archive: Emma

Misha Glenny delves in to the In Our Time archive to select ten episodes for listeners to revisit. His ninth choice is the episode on Jane Austen’s novel Emma, first released in November 2015. Austen described her leading character as "a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like." Emma is one ‮…

The Monster

In 1737, Samuel Johnson and his student David Garrick decided to walk to London from Lichfield in search of opportunity. It worked out well for both of them, but for many of the large number who made their hopeful journey to the capital from all over the country in the 18th century, life was more ‮…

London Revisited: The Monster

In 1737, Samuel Johnson and his student David Garrick decided to walk to London from Lichfield in search of opportunity. It worked out well for both of them, but for many of the large number who made their hopeful journey to the capital from all over the country in the 18th century, life was more ‮…

'Faith that Works' - James - Episode Seven

James was writing to people whose faith was being tested, and presents us with a vision of the perfect man and woman. When he uses the word ‘perfect’ he does not mean ‘sinless’, but ‘mature’ or ‘fully developed.’ The letter shows us how we can reach this goal, and calls upon us to behave consisten‮…