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Thinking Allowed

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

In January this year, the British Census of 1901 went online and received over a million hits, jamming the site and revealing a new found desire for people to trace their own genealogy. Laurie Taylor discusses the intense relationship British people have with their ancestors - often better than with their nearest and dearest. His guests are biographer andjournalist Kathryn Hughes , and Adam Kuper , professor of social anthropology at Brunei University.
Producer Jacqueline Smith E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
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Laurie Taylor
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Kathryn Hughes
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Adam Kuper
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Jacqueline Smith
Source: Radio Times

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