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Night Waves

on BBC Radio 3

Roving across subjects and through languages, George Steiner has become one of the most respected and challenging commentators on 20th-century culture. Humphrey Carpenter talks to him about his education, his sense of identity and his writing in the light of his new book Errata: an Examined Life.
And as Radio 3 marks the anniversary of Joe Orton 's death with productions of Loot and Up against It, Humphrey Carpenter talks to writers and critics about the lasting legacy of the sixties shocker. Producer Miriam Newman

Contributors

Unknown:
George Steiner
Talks:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Joe Orton
Talks:
Humphrey Carpenter
Producer:
Miriam Newman

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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