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Free Thinking: Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki, Simon Armitage's version of The Iliad

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13/05/2014

Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki, Simon Armitage's version of The Iliad

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki, Simon Armitage's version of The Iliad

Matthew Sweet reviews Godzilla and The Wind Rises, plus Lily Cole in The Last Days of Troy

MJ Hyland reviews Simon Armitage's The Last Days of Troy at the Royal Exchange Manchester starring Lily Cole, plus Chris Harding on Japanese fears in Godzilla and The Wind Rises.

Lily Cole stars in Simon Armitage's The Last Days of Troy which opens at the Royal Exchange Manchester. Novelist MJ Hyland has a first night review.

As a new blockbuster featuring Japanese monster Godzilla opens in 3D and the last animated film from Hayao Miyazaki depicts a Japanese aircraft designer behind the fighter plane used by the navy - New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding discusses different depictions of Japanese fear.

New Generation Thinker Dr Philip Roscoe, from St Andrews University, and Geoffrey Wood, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Cass Business School and the University of Buckingham discuss the teaching of economics degrees, the interest in Thomas Piketty's arguments and whether academia needs to change the focus of studies into financial systems. 
Philip Roscoe's book is called I Spend, Therefore I Am. 
Thomas Piketty's booked is called Capital in the 21st Century

As Irish photographer Richard Mosse is announced as the winner of this year's £30,000 in the Deutsche Börse prize for his images of the Congo, New Generation Thinker Zoe Norridge discusses photography and depictions of African countries affected by war. 


Producer: Zahid Warley.

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