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The Secret History of Writing

Series 1

Words on a Page

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Presenter Lydia Wilson and calligrapher Brody Neuenschwander set out to explore history’s most important technology - the technology of putting words on a page. Show more

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