People, and elephants, are not always what they seem: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough has a gallery of figures from history who, not always knowingly, managed to dupe others.
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Take a look at some of history's finest collectors' pieces: some desirable, some throwaway, and some downright unusual.
Rana Mitter is joined by Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves to explore the books which inspired Shakespeare from the Bible and classical stories to his contemporaries. Show more
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Danny Dorling
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With Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the musical opening, Samira Ahmed discusses scoundrels. Plus Danny Dorling on inequalities in the housing market and the 2014 Paul Food Award. Show more
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Richard Hakluyt, Man Booker Prize, Chickens in the Anthropocene, Shirley Jackson
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Matthew Sweet explores the legacy of traveller Richard Hakluyt as well as the significance of chickens in the anthropocene era. Plus the 2016 Man Booker Prize winner announced. Show more
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Black British History
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Bernardine Evaristo, Keith Piper, Miranda Kaufmann and Kehinde Andrews discuss what it means to be Black British and how black history can be taught and reflected in literature. Show more
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What do you call a stranger? - The Caine Prize - NHS ideals.
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Nandini Das and John Gallagher look at words for strangers in Tudor and Stuart England and ideas about civility. Plus Shahidha Bari talks to the winner of the 2018 Caine Prize. Show more
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Churchill, Pocahontas, The Idiot
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With Alex von Tunzelmann on writing the new film Churchill. Plus the Ministry of Information, the legacy of Pocahontas and Elif Batuman on the Turkish language and Dostoevsky. Show more