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Series in which writers create a fictional response to recent headlines.

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From Fact to Fiction: Series 18

From Fact to Fiction: Series 18: Episode 7

Episode 7

Series 18

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Naomi Alderman's short story responds to news of a big item in the week's Budget.

Budget week. Naomi Alderman imagines how Ruler and Employer negotiate the The Living Grain.

To complement Radio Four's News and Current Affairs output, our weekly series presents a dramatic response to a major story from the week's news. The form and content are entirely lead by the news topic - so drama can come in many guises, as well as poetry and prose.

Reflecting Budget Week, novelist Naomi Alderman takes us to an imagined land, full of pyramids, where The Ruler pays court to The Employer on the eve of the Citadel's new accounts. He's come to discuss 'The Minimum Grain'.

Reader Tracy-Ann Oberman

Producer Duncan Minshull.

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

Topical drama. Writers create a fictional response to a major story from the week's news

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