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In Our Time

Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century mission to Ming Dynasty China, an important early encounter between east and west. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Laven
Interviewed Guest:
Craig Clunas
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Gerritsen

Woman's Hour

Wedding Dress Choice, Children's Injuries - Spotting Abuse, Personal Identity After 50

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

The wedding dress choice, Jill Bialosky on History of a Suicide, and how do doctors spot abuse from children's injuries? Plus personal identity after 50. With Jenni Murray. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Justine Picardie
Interviewed Guest:
Kenya Hunt
Interviewed Guest:
Jill Bialosky
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Sutherland
Interviewed Guest:
Geoff Debelle
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Rix
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Dyson
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Rowland

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 4: 1958: Preacher

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Fred Kitchen is now a school gardener and preacher alongside his spasmodic writing career. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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