Synopsis

At Belfast City Hall, Magnus Magnusson engages Andrew Vaughan, a teacher, in a discussion of Seamus Heaney's life and poetry. Rosaleen Lavery, a customs and excise officer, presents on 18th-century British pottery and porcelain. Alan Friezer, a retired schoolmaster, recounts the history of chemistry up to 1915. And Howard Dolan, an assistant director at the CBI, explores the life and times of Franklin D Roosevelt.