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From Our Own Correspondent: The Smell of History

14/11/2015

The Smell of History

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, The Smell of History

A whiff of history in a shop in old Belgrade.

Presented by Kate Adie. Including the shop that brings exoticism and sweetness into the lives of ordinary Belgraders, plus stories from Myanmar, Afghanistan, Syria and Poland.

Analysis, observation, writing, storytelling. In this edition, the smells of a city's chequered history are resurrected in a shop in Serbia's capital, Belgrade. From inside Syria, the tactics a new force is employing to take the fight to the militants of IS. Aung San Suu Kyi's new government in Myanmar should soon be sworn in after its historic election victory -- but there are tough challenges ahead. All change in Poland too -- but why's the electorate there turned its back on an administration which provided new roads, airport terminals and jobs? And we're inside a beauty salon in Kabul turning down advice on a new coiffure and learning instead what sort of future Afghans think lies in store for their nation.

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