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The Essay

I Confess: The Power of the Confession

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Dr Kathryn Tempest of Roehampton University excavates the roots of one of history's most powerful legal concepts, that slaves would only confess the truth if they had been tortured. Show more

The Essay

I Confess: The Power of the Confession

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Despite the atheistic ideals of the USSR, the Moscow show trials were far more permeated by the religious concept of confession than we think. Dr Iain Lauchlan on Soviet confession. Show more