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Sunday Best: Dancing to the Music of His Time

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Anthony Powell 's 12-novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time is one of the great works of the 20th century. To mark the centenary of Powell's birth in 1905, the geneticist Steve Jones revisits the novels and looks at the life of the man who wrote them. He talks to novelists Ian Rankin and AS Byatt. and the activist Tariq All. producer Thomas Morris

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Anthony Powell
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Steve Jones
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Ian Rankin
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Tariq All.
Producer:
Thomas Morris
Source: Radio Times

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