Mark Steel lecture: Mary Shelley 1 of 4

Historian Mark Steel takes a light hearted look at the writer of Frankenstein and her effect on the World. Key: Percy Shelly Lord Byron Wollstonecroft William Godwin
Pythonesque Open University History

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[jeanpaulsinatra]

There needs some way of standardising serials. And no Lord Byron lecture >:(

[fjordland]

There is some lord Byron audio about

[fjordland]

yes and he is in good form too!

[pw3uk]

You're such a drag. The whole series describes the lives and philosophies of a range of characters with wit and lack of pretension and all you can do is moan about a joke about Romford.

C'mon. Let it go!!! :-)

[Triplesod]

Yes but luckily enough we are normally able to have a laugh about ourselves here and not to take sarcastic generalisations too seriously.

Well, maybe not in Essex.

[Rebecca Rothnie]

Very helpful for my English lit A-Level! Thank you for uploading :)

[incrobe]

I love this, I learnt more from this lecture than I ever did in English class :D

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

Thanks for sharing these. You're a peach!

[fjordland]

@MRaverz : You would think they could at least run some repeats...

[imgordonfreeman]

you sir must be joking HAHA thanks for the laugh my good sir

[gamesbok]

The Doomsday book contains a reference to man of Essex who went by the name of Roger God Save the Ladies.

[Samurai Summer]

"My first ethnic cleanser" Lols!!

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

I think it is a reference to teenage age pregnancy rates in Romford. It's probably irrelavent now. As you have no doubt gathered Mark wrote this specifically for a British audience so there are quite a few cultural references that make little sense to folks outside the UK. To be honest the Romford reference didn't mean anything to me either, but my town once held the record for rate of teenage pregnancies, so I got it straight away.

[vulpecula999]

get the f************ adverts off you tossers

[natmanprime]

"ethnic cleanser" stone cold lol