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This week

• Sat 25 May

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    Between the Ears In Search of the Balinese Scarecrow

    A magical sound journey through Bali - where gamelan music intertwines with nature.

• Sun 26 May

  • 19:45
    

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    Sunday Feature A Cultural History of Syphilis

    Writer Sarah Dunant explores the social, cultural and human histories of syphilis.

Next week

• Mon 27 May

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    Night Waves Childhood

    Matthew Sweet and guests examine our current and past attitudes to childhood.

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    The Essay Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah, The Discovery

    1/5 Esther-Miriam Wagner on discovering the Genizah, medieval manuscripts in a Cairo synagogue

• Tue 28 May

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    Night Waves 28/05/2013

    Anne McElvoy meets Australian playwright and director Andrew Upton.

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    The Essay Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah, Letters

    2/5 Ben Outhwaite reveals an intercultural trade network across the medieval Mediterrean.

• Wed 29 May

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    Night Waves 29/05/2013

    With Philip Dodd. Including a review of the UK premiere of David Mamet's play Race.

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    The Essay Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah, Women

    3/5 Melonie Schmierer-Lee discovers the varying fortunes of women in medieval Cairo.

• Thu 30 May

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    Night Waves 30/05/2013

    Anne McElvoy presents the arts and ideas programme.

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    The Essay Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah, Three Lives

    4/5 Daniel Davies describes the private papers of three very different medieval Egyptians.