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The Pedant's Progress: An Intimate History of the Arts Scholar
The image of the humanities academic, past and present, in the public imagination.
BBC Radio 4
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A Room for a View: The Artist's Studio
Rats under the floorboards, paint on the floor. What makes an artist's studio?
BBC Radio 4
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Discovery The Crying Game
Why do we cry and why are emotional tears a uniquely human trait?
BBC World Service
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The Documentary Southern Tracks, American Dream
3/4 Joe Fletcher tracks down small-town musicians who made records in the 1970s Deep South
BBC World Service
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The Documentary Egypt’s Challenge – Making a Living
Shaimaa Khalil examines the state of Egypt’s economy two years on from its revolution.
BBC World Service
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The First Time With... Series 5, Quentin Tarantino
Matt Everitt chats to movie director Quentin Tarantino.
BBC Radio 6 Music
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Richard Wagner - Power, Sex and Revolution Episode 2
2/2 Paul Mason explores dark matters of nationalism and desire in the opera Die Meistersinger.
BBC Radio 4
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Assignment Return to Ghana’s Oil City
Did Ghana’s oil city strike it rich?
BBC World Service
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Britain in a Box Series 6, Desmond's
2/3 Paul Jackson assesses the long-running Channel 4 sitcom set in a West Indian barber shop.
BBC Radio 4
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Deeds Not Words
Did the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison mean to die at the Epsom Derby of 1913?
BBC Radio 4
