Glasses
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Glasses. Audio, 10 minutes
A vital aid for many, but billions don't know they need them
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. The daily disposable contact lens. Audio, 9 minutes
How the contact lens became cheap enough to throw away after a day
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Bitz & Bob: Finding Out. Glasses. Audio, 9 minutes
Bitz & Bob send radio reporters to a special museum to explore the invention of glasses!
- AttributionCBeebies Radio
- Available for over a year
A Point of View. Mass Myopia. Audio, 10 minutes
Will Self on the drawbacks of perfect vision.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Listener, They Wore It, Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. Audio, 14 minutes
Stephen Bayley celebrates some timeless eyewear, carried off brilliantly in a famous film.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 4, Anna Woodhouse: Windows to the Soul. Audio, 15 minutes
Anna Woodhouse explores what looking through glass and glasses means for us.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
