The Secret History Of Writing
The Secret History Of Writing is a TV show on BBC4. How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing has shaped the world we live in. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 2 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
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The Secret History Of Writing
For more than a century, the world has seemed to be moving to a single universal script - the Latin alphabet. But that means more than changing words. It means changing identity.
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Presenter Lydia Wilson and calligrapher Brody Neuenschwander set out to explore history’s most important technology - the technology of putting words on a page.