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Wagner's Philosophers Wagner and the Philosophy of Revolution

2/5 AC Grayling focuses on the crucial years before and after the Dresden uprising of 1849.

First broadcast: 21 May 2013

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Wagner's Philosophers Wagner and German Idealism

1/5 Roger Scruton explores the philosophical background that influenced the young Wagner.

First broadcast: 20 May 2013

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Living Abroad Greece

5/5 Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Greece in the early 1960s.

First broadcast: 17 May 2013

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Living Abroad Italy

4/5 Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in early 1960s Italy.

First broadcast: 16 May 2013

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Living Abroad Spain

3/5 Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Franco's Spain during the late 1950s.

First broadcast: 15 May 2013

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Unknown Cities Holguin

5/5 Travel editor Simon Calder recalls the small-scale delights of Holguin in Cuba.

First broadcast: 26 Apr 2013

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Unknown Cities Asmara

4/5 Michela Wrong on the Italianate buildings and futurist constructions in Asmara, Eritrea.

First broadcast: 25 Apr 2013

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Unknown Cities Makhachkala

3/5 Vanora Bennett on Makhachkala in Russia, which she describes as 'beyond the mountains'.

First broadcast: 24 Apr 2013

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Unknown Cities Kunming

2/5 Romesh Gunesekera on Kunming, considered to be unlike any other modern Chinese city.

First broadcast: 23 Apr 2013

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Unknown Cities Hobart

1/5 Nicholas Shakespeare on Hobart's convict and whaling past, and the story of a monkey.

First broadcast: 22 Apr 2013

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