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30 minutes
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Irvine Welsh and John Hodge on the sequel to Trainspotting; analysing the craft of the playwright; Agnes Ravatn on her thriller The Bird Tribunal, poems mourning the loss of trees. Show more
30 minutes
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Arts news, including Jonathan Bate on his biography of Ted Hughes, a review of Frank Auerbach, director of film Suffragette Sarah Gavron and a review of Beasts of No Nation. Show more
53 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the inspiration for Shakespeare's Hamlet, the play's context and meaning, and why it has fascinated audiences from its first performance. Show more
48 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, the 'Northamptonshire peasant poet', whose writing was as celebrated as his life was humble. Show more
50 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's illustrated collection of poems, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. Show more
42 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss The Tempest, one of Shakespeare's last and richest plays. Show more
