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Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday

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Start the Week: 17/05/2010

17/05/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, 17/05/2010

Andrew Marr talks to Norman Stone, Neil MacGregor, Marina Warner and Ben Judah.

Andrew Marr talks to historian and political advisor Norman Stone and Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor, the journalist Ben Judah and Marina Warner.

On Start the Week, with Andrew Marr, the historian and former advisor to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Stone, gives his personal take on the winners and losers of the Cold War. The journalist, Ben Judah witnessed the toppling of the President of Kyrgyzstan last month and reflects on the fate of this former Soviet state. The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor explores what historical objects can tell us about leadership and the divisions of power, and Marina Warner looks back at the art and music that expresses a genuine dialogue between East and West.

Producer: Katy Hickman.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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