The Essay

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• Nancy Kerr on how the forest defines Folk

  The story of Cecil Sharp and the reinvention of Folk music

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• Propaganda plates: Proletariat of all the world unite

  Ceramicist Claire Curneen tells the strange story of Russian revolutionary porcelain.

  Duration: 2:21

• Propaganda plates: Long live the world revolution

  Ceramicist Claire Curneen tells the strange story of Russian revolutionary porcelain.

  Duration: 3:20

• WW1: 'Poppies grew where people died'

  Fiona Stafford, Professor of Literature, reflects on the wild, red poppy and WW1.

  Duration: 1:43
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