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Cultural Baggage: 4: Sofa

on BBC Radio 3

A 20-part exploration of the history, significance and connotations of 20 cultural phenomena.

From the Ottoman Empire to the couch potato, class and the couch, the chat-show settee.

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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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