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Free Thinking

Belle, Fathers and Sons, Globalisation and the Environment, 'Proper' Libraries

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With a discussion about the film Belle, a review of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, globalisation and the environement, and what is a 'proper' library? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Amma Asante
Interviewed Guest:
Kit Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Rosamund Bartlett
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Pendleton
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Bourne
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Charlton
Producer:
Harry Parker

The Essay

Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah

Episode 2: Letters

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Ben Outhwaite reads private letters between merchants to reveal an international trade network uniting Jews, Muslims and Christians across the medieval Mediterranean. Show more

BBC Radio 3

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