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The Essay

New Generation Thinkers

Episode 2: Partitioned Memories

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Anindya Raychaudhuri discusses the Partition of India and how it is remembered, asking what light can the collecting of oral histories of partition shed upon events in 1947. Show more

The Essay

New Generation Thinkers

Episode 4: Strindberg and 'the Woman Question'

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Leah Broad from the University of Oxford considers 'the woman question' in 19th-century Scandinavian countries and what their debates have to say to us today. Show more

The Essay

New Generation Thinkers

Episode 5: The Rise and Fall of the Hairdresser

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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New Generation Thinker Seán Williams considers the depiction of hairdressers in prints and prose and the role they have played in society, from ETA Hoffman to Balzac and beyond. Show more

The Essay

New Generation Thinkers

Episode 1: Food: Are We What We Eat?

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

From Spanish Inquisition stews and Reformation sausages to pork in French school meals, Christopher Kissane explores the role of food in past and present conflicts over identity. Show more