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Thinking Allowed: AIDS conspiracy theories; comics

30/05/2012

AIDS conspiracy theories; comics

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, AIDS conspiracy theories; comics

A cultural history of British comics plus AIDS conspiracy theories.

Laurie Taylor considers what British comics, past and present can tell us about our identities as a nation. Also, US and South African conspiracy theories about the causes of AIDS.

British comics are full of iconic and transgressive characters from Dan Dare to Minnie the Minx. Laurie Taylor talks to professor James Chapman the author of a new book charting the cultural history of British comics. They are joined by the broadcaster Matthew Sweet.

Also, Professor Nicoli Nattrass explains why a disproportionate percentage of Black South Africans and African Americans subscribe to conspiracy theories about the origins of AIDS.. 

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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