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Music by Brahms and Arensky performed at the Lincolnshire Chamber Music Festival 2011.

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The Essay

Series of programmes debating and exploring arts and cultural topics.

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    Happily Ever After Julia Eccleshare

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    4/5. Julia Eccleshare discusses Jacqueline Wilson's thoroughly modern fairytales.

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    1. Happily Ever After Trish Cooke

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      3/5. Trish Cooke explores the importance of children's books reflecting different cultures.

    2. Happily Ever After Anne Fine

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      2/5. Anne Fine gives a feminist view of the nostalgia for our favourite childhood books.

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      1/5. Anthony Horowitz explores family dysfunction through Roald Dahl's Matilda.

    4. Tagore and the Bengali Sensibility A Public Life

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      Amit Chaudhuri on the work and influence of Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore.

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Due to a technical fault, many editions of The Essay broadcast before November 2011 are incorrectly listed as 'available now on BBC iPlayer'. We apologise and hope to rectify this problem soon.

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Happily Ever After Michael Rosen

5/5. Michael Rosen considers the changing role of the family in children's literature.

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